game-bird

From Aug. 12, the date on which grouse come into season, until the beginning of February, which sees the end of the partridge and pheasant seasons, the rituals of game-bird shooting play themselves out in Britain as they have more or less for centuries.

Lock, Stock, and Barrel 2009

Distinctive game-bird scenes on both sides of the receiver mark the model.

Shotgun Roundup: 20 More New Guns for 2006 2006

Probably the best way to locate a local source is to consult local pet stores, the county farm advisor's office, university faculty of agriculture, game-bird fanciers, and the like.

Chapter 11 1991

With her for decoy even that game-bird might be lured.

Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

The tramp on the dusty highway, the clerk in the counting-house, the sportsman upon the moor, the preacher in his pulpit, game-bird and barn-door fowl alike, all were simultaneously bagged.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Then he fell to wondering if -- he consulted his note-book -- J. Winfield Harrah had specialized at all upon his method of serving up this game-bird which knows no closed season?

The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

Among the trees was the guan, another peculiar bird as big as a big grouse, and with certain habits of the wood-grouse, but not akin to any northern game-bird.

IV. The Headwaters of the Paraguay 1914

With her thin nostrils distended to this scent, Lady Casterley bore a distinct resemblance to a small, fine game-bird.

The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

With her thin nostrils distended to this scent, Lady Casterley bore a distinct resemblance to a small, fine game-bird.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

There is one state in America, and so far as I know _only one_, in which there is at this moment an old-time abundance of game-bird life.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895