Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 60
... noticed this bird with a large worm in its beak , which it had picked out of the banks of a mossy brook , high among the hills , its summer residence . During the severity of winter , it always prefers larger streams , its favourite ...
... noticed this bird with a large worm in its beak , which it had picked out of the banks of a mossy brook , high among the hills , its summer residence . During the severity of winter , it always prefers larger streams , its favourite ...
Page 63
... noticed fish rising in the streams , I went to the pond several times a day . It was not , however , till the begin- ing of April that I perceived the largest trout , looking very heavy and dull , but making no attempt to feed . I ...
... noticed fish rising in the streams , I went to the pond several times a day . It was not , however , till the begin- ing of April that I perceived the largest trout , looking very heavy and dull , but making no attempt to feed . I ...
Page 65
... noticed in the like attitude by a Loch- Lomond sage , it might , perhaps , account for one of the three wonders ascribed to that water , viz .: Fish without fins , waves without wind , and a floating island . THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE ...
... noticed in the like attitude by a Loch- Lomond sage , it might , perhaps , account for one of the three wonders ascribed to that water , viz .: Fish without fins , waves without wind , and a floating island . THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE ...
Page 88
... noticed this also in the sounds of other night birds , es- pecially the nightingale's song , and the chur of the fern- owl , or night - jar * . This last interesting compound of the swallow , the cuckoo , and the owl , is one of our ...
... noticed this also in the sounds of other night birds , es- pecially the nightingale's song , and the chur of the fern- owl , or night - jar * . This last interesting compound of the swallow , the cuckoo , and the owl , is one of our ...
Page 90
... noticed that the white owl comes out earlier than the brown ; and may frequently be seen hunting for prey whenever the sun's glare is a little mellowed by the first shade of evening . Their eyes , not being so large as the ivy owl's ...
... noticed that the white owl comes out earlier than the brown ; and may frequently be seen hunting for prey whenever the sun's glare is a little mellowed by the first shade of evening . Their eyes , not being so large as the ivy owl's ...
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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 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,