Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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John Colquhoun. OWLS . OWLS are generally regarded by the common people with a sort ... owl is not without its charm ; it ap- pears to belong to the stillness of ... Barn Owl , the Long - eared and Short - eared Owls . Ever since the old ...
John Colquhoun. OWLS . OWLS are generally regarded by the common people with a sort ... owl is not without its charm ; it ap- pears to belong to the stillness of ... Barn Owl , the Long - eared and Short - eared Owls . Ever since the old ...
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... owls , in his barn , could re- main without food during the long summer day . He watched them for about twelve hours , and avers that in that time the old birds fed them a hundred and fifty times . For my own part , I never saw the white ...
... owls , in his barn , could re- main without food during the long summer day . He watched them for about twelve hours , and avers that in that time the old birds fed them a hundred and fifty times . For my own part , I never saw the white ...
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... barn owl ; and he is a lucky farmer whose barn is tenanted by them . Some aver that the young will die unless they have a constant supply of mice . I have two living proofs against this assertion , which were brought up principally upon ...
... barn owl ; and he is a lucky farmer whose barn is tenanted by them . Some aver that the young will die unless they have a constant supply of mice . I have two living proofs against this assertion , which were brought up principally upon ...
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... barn owl also hatches every year in Craig - Millar Castle , about a mile from the city . The male takes up his quarters during the day in a niche of the old dining - hall . When the curious stranger enters , he turns a sleepy face , and ...
... barn owl also hatches every year in Craig - Millar Castle , about a mile from the city . The male takes up his quarters during the day in a niche of the old dining - hall . When the curious stranger enters , he turns a sleepy face , and ...
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Alpine hare angler appeared bait bank barn owl bird boat cast Castle chance Cladich colour Crap-na-Gower deer distance diving ducks dun-birds eagle eggs eyrie favourite feed fish flew flies flock foot forest frequent frost gamekeeper ground grouse gulls hatched head heard Highland hill hook Inch Moan Inverary island keeper killed Kilmun land legs Loch Awe Loch Goil Loch Lomond Loch Long look mallard miles moors morillon morning nearly nest never night numbers once otter pair perched Peter pheasants poacher pool poor pounds prey ring-dove river rock rose Rossarden salmon Sandy scarcely sea-trout seen seized seldom shallow shoot shore shot side snipe sometimes soon sport spring stalking stoat stream summer tawny owl took tree trolling trout walk watched watchers weather white owl wigeon wind wing winter woodcock yards young
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Page 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Page i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,