 ... game" (to use the old legal term) of Swans should bear a distinguishing mark of ownership (cygninota) on the bill. Originally this privilege was conferred on the larger freeholders only, but it was gradually extended, so that in the reign of Elizabeth...  A Dictionary of Birds - Page 929by Alfred Newton - 1894 - 1212 lehteFull view - About this book
 | New York Zoological Society - 1906 - 264 lehte
...Royal ' that no subject could possess without license from the crown, the granting of which license was accompanied by the condition that every bird in...gradually extended, so that in the reign of Elizabeth upward of 900 distinct swan-marks, being those of private persons or corporations, were recognized... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1905 - 348 lehte
...than at present, the young, or Cygnets, being highly esteemed for the table, and it was under special enactments for its preservation, and regarded as a...extended, so that in the reign of Elizabeth upwards of 9oo distinct Swan-marks, being those of private persons or corporations, were recognized by the royal... | |
 | New York Zoological Society - 1906 - 264 lehte
...Royal ' that no subject could possess without license from the crown, the granting of which license was accompanied by the condition that every bird in...gradually extended, so that in the reign of Elizabeth upward of 900 distinct swan-marks, being those of private persons or corporations, were recognized... | |
 | 1911 - 1168 lehte
...game " (to use the old legal term) of swans should bear a distinguishing mark of ownership (cygmnota) on the bill. Originally this privilege was conferred...extended, so that in the reign of Elizabeth upwards of çoo distinct swan-marks, being those of private persons or corporations, were recognized by the royal... | |
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