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In the bar of the little inn that stands on the edge of Frensham Pond there is an interesting case holding two blackcocks and a grey-hen, whose unhappy lot it was to be shot -- perhaps the last of their race seen in this part of Surrey.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
hernesheir commented on the word grey-hen
The female black-cock.
May 20, 2011