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 393
ponds Daniel—Wild Sports—Jesse. Pewet, s. A waterfowl; the lapwing-. Percussion, s. The impression a body makes in falling- or sticking uponanother. It is direct or oblique. Direct when the impulse is made inthe direction of a perpendicular line to the point of impact. Such isthe action of a cock… … The pheasant is rather less than the com- I the nostrils are hid under an arched covering;mon cock. The bill is of a pale horn colour; | the eyes are yellow, and surrounded by a 380 THE FIELD BOOK. [Phf space, in appearance like beautiful scarlet cloth,finely spotted with black; immediately under…
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