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L. H. De Visme Shaw. to their young till the young are able to fly and feed themselves , that they dissolve the matrimonial bond when the breeding season is over , and then go on leading the same humdrum , stay - at - home life till ...
L. H. De Visme Shaw. to their young till the young are able to fly and feed themselves , that they dissolve the matrimonial bond when the breeding season is over , and then go on leading the same humdrum , stay - at - home life till ...
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... young by the woodcock and the drumming of the snipe , the points upon which the question of ornitho- logical importance seems naturally to turn , may be said to make the two birds of equal interest to the student of animate nature ...
... young by the woodcock and the drumming of the snipe , the points upon which the question of ornitho- logical importance seems naturally to turn , may be said to make the two birds of equal interest to the student of animate nature ...
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... young birds . I do not think there is an authentic instance of a great snipe having been shot in our islands later than November . Those birds which visit us are stragglers from the main body , whose migrating line is eastward of our ...
... young birds . I do not think there is an authentic instance of a great snipe having been shot in our islands later than November . Those birds which visit us are stragglers from the main body , whose migrating line is eastward of our ...
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... young snipe have been found as late as the middle of August , it seems as though two broods are sometimes raised in the season . A few hours after they leave the shell , young snipe vacate the nest and follow the parent birds as they ...
... young snipe have been found as late as the middle of August , it seems as though two broods are sometimes raised in the season . A few hours after they leave the shell , young snipe vacate the nest and follow the parent birds as they ...
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