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 99
marksare occasionally mentioned ; as the standard,the target, hazel wands, rose garlands, and thepopinjay, which, we are told, was an artificialparrot—Strutt. Butt, v. To strike with the head. Butter, s. An unctuous substance, made by agitating the cream of milk till the oil separates from the… … The Common Buzzard, or Puttock (Falco Buteo, Linn. ; La Buse, Buff.)M. Buffon distinguishes the kites and the buz-zards from the eagles and hawks, by their ha-bits and dispositions, which he compares tothose of the vultures, and places them afterthose birds. Though possessed of strength,agility,…
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