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 605
made infavour of a young lady, and left his fortune tothe minister at Berkeley, to be principallylaid out in the breed of woodcocks, upon theneglect of which the estate was to revert tothe family relations ; a reversion for whichprobably the family were not long in… … Of these only three or four kinds are foin Great Britain. Their characters are strik-ing, and their manners singular. The bill islarge, strong, and fitted for its employment:the end of it is formed like a wedge, withwhich it pierces the bark of trees, and boresinto the wood in which its food is…
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