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During the daytime, for instance, when, snugly ensconced in its hole, and with its ear close to the ground, the woodcock hears you approach from afar, instead of rising and taking refuge amongst the trunks of the surrounding trees, it first reflects solemnly whether it is worth while to disturb itself for so slight a noise, and quit its leafy bed, where it lies so warm and comfortable.
White heron reported a number of times last year; occurrences in Sandusky, Huron, Ashtabula and several other counties during 1911. These birds would doubtless rapidly recruit under a proper federal law. OKLAHOMA: Pinnated grouse. OREGON: American egret, snowy egret. PENNSYLVANIA: Virginia partridge and woodcock. Wood-duck, least bittern, phalarope, woodcock, duck hawk and barn swallow. Chas.
While the ill-humour excited by the insolence of the young aristocrat was thus evaporating in empty menace, Roland Graeme had to control the far more serious indignation of Adam Woodcock. "Why, man, it was but a switch across the mazzard blow your nose, dry your eyes, and you will see all the better for it."
"Certainly," I said; "undoubtedly a bear I myself saw it. A large, dark bear." "And whut about this here?" he continued, now beholding for the first time the remaining woodcock, which hung from the limb of a low tree, and pointing toward it. "Is that there a Mound Builder's chicken?" "Assuredly not," I said. "That is a white woodcock.
All the Littlepages were shots; and I have known my father bag ten brace of woodcock, among the wet thickets of Satanstoe, of a morning; and this with merely a second class dog, and only one. Both Bulstrode and Harris listened to what I said on this subject with great attention, and it would soon have been the engrossing discourse, had not Anneke pleasantly said
Two of us went out for an hour last winter before breakfast, having been informed that a woodcock was lying in an ash copse by the river. We got the woodcock a somewhat rara avis in small, isolated coverts on the hills; in addition, the bag contained one snipe, one wild duck, two pheasants, six rabbits, a pigeon, a heron, and some moorhens.
"Oh how nice, after a journey!" said Lucy, mowing down Uncle Fountain and Mrs. Brown with one comprehensive smile. Mrs. Brown flamed with complacency. "What!" cried her uncle; "I suppose you expected a black fire and impertinent apologies by way of substitute for warmth; a stuffy room, and damp sheets, roasted, like a woodcock, twenty minutes before use."
The abuse of anything doth not abrogate the lawful use thereof. During this discussion Ellangowan was somewhat like a woodcock caught in his own springe. He turned his face alternately from the one spokesman to the other, and began, from the gravity with which Mannering plied his adversary, and the learning which he displayed in the controversy, to give him credit for being half serious.
'And did you also, Pater, hear the peacock shouting? asked his son in astonishment. 'Why, as I came over the fell by the Hanging Stone at break o' day just above the young larch plantation where we had the record woodcock shoot I heard his rasping cry. "Hallo!" I called back to him. "Hallo, old bugler! You've got it all wrong this time.
At times, I think, Kilian felt somewhat ashamed too, and tried to talk a little to the others; but most of the time he seemed to like it very well, and did not ask anything better than the excellent woodcock on his plate, and the pretty young woman by his side. "By the way," said Sophie, when the meal was nearly over, "I had a letter from Richard to-day."
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