10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPRIGTAIL»
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1
General Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials
... any mallard duck, wood duck, widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail or
canvasback, or any wild duck_ Section 3_ Ducks (Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur,
Morrow, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa Counties-_)—It shall be unlawful within ...
2
Journal of the Senate of the Special Session of the ... ...
In line 3 of same section strike out the word "or" before sprigtail and insert after
sprigtail the words "or canvass-back," so as to make it read "black, sprigtail or
canvass-back duck." In section 4 strike out the words "excepting Baker county,"
and in ...
Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate,
1882
3
Lord's Oregon laws: showing all the laws of a general nature ...
... any time between the first day of April and the first day of September of any
year, to take, kill, injure, destroy, or have in possession any mallard duck, wood
duck, widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail, or canvasback, or any wild
duck.
4
Domestic Science Monthly
For an entree dish the sprigtail duck was not born in vain." "Couldn't you
enlighten me more thoroughly as to the particular manner in which the sprigtail
can be made to serve the inner man ?" "Well, let's see," responded the advocate
of living ...
Every person who shall, within the Territory of Washington, at any time after the
passage of this act, destroy or remove from the nest of a mallard duck, widgeon,
wood duck, teal, butter ball, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail or canvas back duck,
...
6
Laws ... Enacted by the Legislative Assembly
Every person who shall, within the Territory of Washington, at any time after the
passage of this act, destroy or remove from the nest of a mallard duck, widgeon,
wood duck, teal, butter ball, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail or canvas hack duck,
...
Washington Territory,
1883
7
Hints to Sportsmen: Containing Notes on Shooting; the Habits ...
ANAS ACUTA— PINTAIL DUCK, OR SPRIGTAIL. This handsome-looking duck is
known to our shooters indifferently as the pintail or sprigtail. The latter appellation
is perhaps the most common. This duck is abundant in England. They frequent ...
Elisha Jarrett Lewis,
1851
8
New England Bird Life: Being a Manual of New England Ornithology
PINTAIL OR SPRIGTAIL DUCK. Dafila acuta (L.) Jen. Fig. 63. — Head of Female
Sprigtail. Nat. size. Chars. Tail cuneate, when fully developed the central feathers
much projecting and nearly equalling the wing in length ; much shorter and not ...
Winfrid Alden Stearns,
1883
9
Laws ... Enacted by the Legislative Assembly ..
Every person who shall, within the Territory of Washington, at any time after the
passage of this act, destroy or remove from the nest of a mallard duck, widgeon,
wood duck, teal, butter ball, spoonbill, gray, blaek, sprigtail or canvas back duck,
...
10
New England Bird Life: Being a Manual of New England ...
DAFILA ACUTA : PINTAIL OR SPRIGTAIL DUCK. 307 the rank herbage about
the borders of the pools, where their young were reared. The nest is commonly
placed on the ground — in rare instances in the hollow of a tree, or some "stub" ...
Winfrid Alden Stearns, Elliott Coues,
1883