How To Use Greyhen In A Sentence
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The last pack remembered was killed about thirty-five years ago; and within these ten years one solitary greyhen was sprung by some beagles in beating for a hare.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
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The sportsmen cried out, "A hen pheasant!" but a gentleman present, who had often seen grouse in the north of England, assured me that it was a greyhen.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
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The greyhen goes to a distance to make her nest, in order to conceal her eggs from the blackcock.
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All being well, after the curious courtship, the greyhens will start laying their eggs from the middle of next month.
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Another interesting feature about pheasants is the extraordinary difference in plumage between the sexes, a gap equalled only between the blackcock and greyhen and quite unknown in the partridge, quail and grouse.
Birds in the Calendar
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Black grouse, which are about the size of a hen, lek year round, but it is during springtime that the activity intensifies and the greyhens congregate to seek a mate.
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For the coming year we are planning to release a new group of greyhens with chicks in July which we hope will improve their survival rate.
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To human eyes, she looks like a greyhen, which is a kind of arctic bird.