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 391
our hens, and, where the country agrees, withthem, they are very prolific. They are gra-nivorous like other domestic fowls, preferringbarley—Moubray. s. The fourth part of a bushel; the stroke of a birds bill. v. To strike with the beak as a bird ; to pick up food with the beak. PeckPeck Pelican… … The bill of this genus is long and straight;the end either hooked or sloping; the nostrilsplaced in a furrow that runs along the sides ofthe bill, and in most of the species not distin-guishable. The face generally destitute offeathers, being covered only with a bare skin :gullet naked, and capable…
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