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 478
shoe, andkeeping the foot stopped, not with cow-dung or clay, as has been advised, but with the tarointment; this will be absorbed through thehorn, stimulate the secreting vessels, andcause a plentiful effusion of that odorous va-pour which is constantly escaping from thebottom of the foot. The… … This bird weighs almost two ounces, isabout eight inches in length, and fifteen inbreadth from tip to tip. The bill is an inchlong, slender, black, and grooved on the sidesnearly from the tip to the nostril; the brow,to the eyes, white ; the rest of the head, paleash-colour, mottled in brown…
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