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Page 243
... bird to be trapped . If a hawk was hungry , they could catch him a few minutes after seeing him . They used nooses , nets , birdlime , decoy birds , etc. , but it was the technique and efficiency of the methods that brought results ...
... bird to be trapped . If a hawk was hungry , they could catch him a few minutes after seeing him . They used nooses , nets , birdlime , decoy birds , etc. , but it was the technique and efficiency of the methods that brought results ...
Page 246
... birds which included peregrines , saker falcons , sparrow hawks , goshawks , shahins , and luggar falcons . All were wild - caught birds valued at twenty to forty U. S. dollars apiece . Buying a hawk is like buying a horse . The ...
... birds which included peregrines , saker falcons , sparrow hawks , goshawks , shahins , and luggar falcons . All were wild - caught birds valued at twenty to forty U. S. dollars apiece . Buying a hawk is like buying a horse . The ...
Page 795
... birds . With the Bobolink wintering in the Argen- tine , and the Red - eyed Vireo and the Yellow- billed Cuckoo in Colombia , we are led to won- der if there are not equally attractive places along the way . Most migratory birds return ...
... birds . With the Bobolink wintering in the Argen- tine , and the Red - eyed Vireo and the Yellow- billed Cuckoo in Colombia , we are led to won- der if there are not equally attractive places along the way . Most migratory birds return ...
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Sun Shines on San Diego 9 illustrations in color from naturalcolor photographs | 57 |
Taming Flood Dragons Along Chinas Hwang Ho River By OLIVER J TODD | 205 |
Alumina | 462 |
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