Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 90
... flight . This is a most harsh scream , and has rightly dubbed him the screech owl . My tame ones very often give a sort of complaining squeak like a very young pig . This is repeated sometimes for hours . It may be that they are ...
... flight . This is a most harsh scream , and has rightly dubbed him the screech owl . My tame ones very often give a sort of complaining squeak like a very young pig . This is repeated sometimes for hours . It may be that they are ...
Page 91
... flight so buoyant , although equally soft and spectre like . It is thus less formed for beating a large extent of country for mice , and must often content itself with promiscuous feeding . Mice , on the contrary , seem to be almost the ...
... flight so buoyant , although equally soft and spectre like . It is thus less formed for beating a large extent of country for mice , and must often content itself with promiscuous feeding . Mice , on the contrary , seem to be almost the ...
Page 106
... flight . Indeed , I should have no hesitation in back- ing one of these fellows to procure more fair shots with his single mongrel , than many of our sporting gentlemen with the best couple of pointers or setters he may possess . But ...
... flight . Indeed , I should have no hesitation in back- ing one of these fellows to procure more fair shots with his single mongrel , than many of our sporting gentlemen with the best couple of pointers or setters he may possess . But ...
Page 141
... flight is so much slower than during a breeze of wind , that the length of the shot to him , in both cases , would most likely be pretty much upon a par . Added to which , in windy weather , they are apt to fly as twisting and irregular ...
... flight is so much slower than during a breeze of wind , that the length of the shot to him , in both cases , would most likely be pretty much upon a par . Added to which , in windy weather , they are apt to fly as twisting and irregular ...
Page 143
... flight , or from one part of a coppice to another , when flushed , seldom vary twenty yards . In beating large coverts , shots who are aware of this have a great advantage . After once seeing the bird fly , they can form a shrewd guess ...
... flight , or from one part of a coppice to another , when flushed , seldom vary twenty yards . In beating large coverts , shots who are aware of this have a great advantage . After once seeing the bird fly , they can form a shrewd guess ...
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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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