The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 125
and feet red; claws black, strong,and much hooked. The female differs in not This bird with us seems to be chiefly con-fined to Devonshire, Cornwall, and Wales,where it is found on most of the bold rockyshores. It has been seen on the cliffs of Dover,supposed to have escaped from confinement,and… … This fish takes its name from the head,not only in our own but other languages ; wecall it chub, according to Skinner, and fromthe old English cop, a head ; the French,testard; the Italians, capitome: in differentparts of England this fish is called cheven,nob, or botling; he much resembles the…
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