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The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . Sometimes feed on very minute substances .
The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . Sometimes feed on very minute substances .
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Seals . - Otter and young ones.Water mouse . - Water rats . - Otter's tactics when hunted FRAGMENTS . • • Eagle and hill hare . - Grouse . - The effect of food on their colour.Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young .
Seals . - Otter and young ones.Water mouse . - Water rats . - Otter's tactics when hunted FRAGMENTS . • • Eagle and hill hare . - Grouse . - The effect of food on their colour.Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young .
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lonely and desolate grandeur , with its accompaniments of wild birds and animals ; or would , without a pang , change the bold heart and ready hand of the natives into those of passive and obedient serfs . If driven to make a choice ...
lonely and desolate grandeur , with its accompaniments of wild birds and animals ; or would , without a pang , change the bold heart and ready hand of the natives into those of passive and obedient serfs . If driven to make a choice ...
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There was the mountain for the nobler bird , and the morass for her more vulture - shaped neighbour . They sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the less daring spirit of the ...
There was the mountain for the nobler bird , and the morass for her more vulture - shaped neighbour . They sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the less daring spirit of the ...
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For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven thoughts , and marched on merrily as ...
For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven thoughts , and marched on merrily as ...
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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,