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 188
hbishop Nevil, in which one thou-sand of these birds were served up. Nowonder the species has become nearly extinctin this country Bewick. 174 THE FIELD BOOK. [Egy Egyptiacum, s. Liniment of verdigris. It is useful in diseases of thefrog- and heel, and is formed by boiling five ounces of powdered… … This wild but valuable species is of a sizebetween the goose and the domestic duck, andappears to be one of the graduated links of thechain which connects the two kinds. The full-grown old males generally measure about twofeet two inches in length, and two feet eightin breadth, and weigh from six…
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