The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... FLYING FISH . ALBERT GÜNTHER , M.D. , Ph.D. , F.R.S. , British Museum . FOOTBALL . H. F. WILKINSON , one of the editors of the " Field . " FOOTE . A. W. WARD , Professor of English Litera ture , Owens College , Manchester . FORAMINIFERA ...
... FLYING FISH . ALBERT GÜNTHER , M.D. , Ph.D. , F.R.S. , British Museum . FOOTBALL . H. F. WILKINSON , one of the editors of the " Field . " FOOTE . A. W. WARD , Professor of English Litera ture , Owens College , Manchester . FORAMINIFERA ...
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... with the Carry . - A hawk is said to " carry quarry on the approach of the falconer . Cast . - Two hawks which may be used for flying together are called a " cast . " aged in the nineteenth century than in the Middle Ages 6 FALCONRY.
... with the Carry . - A hawk is said to " carry quarry on the approach of the falconer . Cast . - Two hawks which may be used for flying together are called a " cast . " aged in the nineteenth century than in the Middle Ages 6 FALCONRY.
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... fly at " check " when she flies at a bird other than the intended object of pursuit , for instance , if a hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged ...
... fly at " check " when she flies at a bird other than the intended object of pursuit , for instance , if a hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged ...
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... fly to the low whistle as she is in the act of swallowing ; she will very lure at liberty , and by degrees from any distance , say 1000 soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will yards . This accomplished , she should ...
... fly to the low whistle as she is in the act of swallowing ; she will very lure at liberty , and by degrees from any distance , say 1000 soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will yards . This accomplished , she should ...
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... flying , till she rises above the heron . Then she makes her attack by stooping with great force at the quarry , sometimes falling so far below it as the blow is evaded that she cannot spring up to the proper pitch for the next stoop ...
... flying , till she rises above the heron . Then she makes her attack by stooping with great force at the quarry , sometimes falling so far below it as the blow is evaded that she cannot spring up to the proper pitch for the next stoop ...
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