At one time snipe were commonly taken in " panties " made of twisted horsehair. These were set about three inches from the ground, and snipe and teal were mostly taken in them. In preparing the snares the fowler trampled a strip of oozy ground, until,... An Illustrated Manual of British Birds - Стр. 558авторы: Howard Saunders - 1899 - Страниц: 776Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Henry Stevenson - 1870 - Страниц: 490
...in structure, made loosely of little pieces of grass and equisetum, not at all woven together, with a few old leaves of the dwarf birch, placed in a dry sedgy or grassy spot, close to a more open swamp." The extraordinary disproportion in size between the eggs of the jack snipe and... | |
| William Yarrell - 1884 - Страниц: 728
...in structure, made loosely of little pieces of grass and equiaetum not at all woven together, with a few old leaves of the dwarf birch, placed in a dry...close to more open swamp." The Jack Snipe weighs about two ounces; its four eggs are more than an ounce and a half. There are three beautifully figured in... | |
| 1889 - Страниц: 652
...alike in structure, made loosely of dried pieces of grass and equisetum not at all woven together, with a few old leaves of the dwarf birch, placed in a dry sedgy or grassy spot close to more open swamp." At one time snipe were commonly taken in England in " panties ' made of twisted horsehair. These were... | |
| John Wilson - 1891 - Страниц: 354
...alike in structure, made loosely of dried pieces of grass and equisetum not at all woven together, with a few old leaves of the dwarf birch, placed in a dry sedgy or grassy spot close to more open swamp." At one time snipe were commonly taken in " panties " made of twisted horsehair. These were set about... | |
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