Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain.
A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
The insurgents, growing bolder, had taken possession of Fort Garry, where a council of half-breeds was held and the inhabitants called upon to send delegates to a national convention.
But matters were not equally propitious with the vast bulk of the peddlers, bushrangers, swashbucklers, and drunken half-breeds who were comprised in the Canadian trading fraternity.
Amongst these half-breeds hunters and trappers came, and at a later period a number of Englishmen and Scotchmen, hardly less strongly linked to a wild, hardy life than themselves.
On the afternoon of the 19th a man in the watch-house called out that the half-breeds were coming.
There were yet few half-breeds of English extraction.
Hundreds of voyageurs, soldiers, Indians, and half-breeds were encamped together in the open, holding high revel.
McDonell now exerted himself to the utmost to assemble the half-breeds from every quarter, for the purpose of a final extermination of the colony at Red River.
He was attended by a body of the half-breeds on horseback, who followed him along the banks of the river.
The following year witnessed the foundation of the celebrated Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Breeds of French Horses, more easily recognized under the familiar title of the "Jockey Club.
It will be noticed that such characteristically milking breeds as the Ayrshire, Jersey and Guernsey have no place here.
The breadth of the Indian face is one centimetre more than that of the whites, and the half-breeds are nearer the Indian standard; this last is true also of colour in the skin, eyes and hair.
Unsuccessful attempts were made to acclimatize the alpaca goat in England, on the European continent and in Australia, and even to cross certain English breeds of sheep with the alpaca.
Provision is made, however, for all the well-known breeds of sheep and swine.
A few miserable groups of Indians and half-breeds have their small villages along its southern portion.
In the case of sheep the National Sheep Breeders' Association looks after the interests of flockmasters in general, whilst most of the pure breeds are represented also by separate organizations.
The farmer breeds from such of his stock as he finds to thrive best with him, and gets rid of those which suffer from cold, damp or disease.
The three-year-old wethers and older oxen that used to be common in the fat stock markets are now rarely seen, excepting perhaps in the case of mountain breeds of sheep and Highland cattle.
It is called the characteristic and one of the commonest Ducks of New England, where it breeds at large, and from thence northeastward, but is most numerous during the migrations.
RANGE--North America; breedsfrom Illinois and New Jersey to Hudson Bay and Labrador; winters southward to the Greater Antilles.
RANGE--North America as far north as Alaska and New Brunswick and Greenland; breedsthroughout its range.
And that well butter'd, The ayr thrice purified, and three times spirited, Becomes a King: your rare conserve of nothing Breeds no offence.
No harm, boy; 'Tis but thy emptiness that breeds these fancies: Thou shalt have meat anon.
Later English scholars, however, found sufficient evidence in the works of Arabian authors to assure their readers that coffee sometimes breeds melancholy, causes headache, and "maketh lean much.
Being to wait for or meet a friend, a tavern-reckoning soon breeds a purse-consumption: in an ale house, you must gorge yourself with pot after pot.
Since her misfortune she had, no doubt, had more opportunity than most women for reflection: silence breeds thought.
At this meeting Parsons offered a resolution of sympathy for Louis Riel and the half-breeds in the Northwest who were in rebellion against the Canadian government.
The solitary sandpiper, Totanus solitarius, breeds mainly to the north of the United States, and winters as far south as Brazil and Peru.
Swine with solid hoofs were known to the ancients, and large breeds of them are found in Hungary and Sweden.
The breeds of sheep in India and in Africa are remarkable for the length of their legs, a very convex forehead, and pendant ears; these also have long tails.
New breeds of sheep are frequently formed in different countries in which particular qualities predominate, according to the preference of the breeders.
The breeds spread through Persia, Tartary, and China, have their tails transformed into a double spherical mass of fat.
There seems, however, to be no reason for believing that the domestic breeds belong to more than one species, though they differ much in different countries.
It has been long believed, and this appears to have been the opinion of Baron Cuvier, that all the breeds of tamed sheep are descended either from the argali of Siberia, or from the moufloun or musmon of Barbary.
There are breeds of solid-hoofed swine in some parts of England.
It was also in past centuries extensively bred in England and English wool owes much to the Merino for the improvement it has effected in the fleeces of other breeds of English sheep.
This variation in some instances is very marked, and sometimes is greater than that which separates the wools of the different breeds of sheep.
Cheviot Wool= may be taken as representative of the hilly breeds of sheep.
The dog with his great variety of breeds gives an opportunity for an article on the formation of breeds and sub-breeds by man's artificial selection.
If this were really so we should have no racehorses like those of England, nor drayhorses so heavy in build and so unlike the racehorse; for there are no such breeds in a wild state.
Thus the goat breeds with the sheep, and may therefore serve as the text for a dissertation on hybridism, which is accordingly given in the preface to this animal.
In the species of the fowl and the pigeon alone, a large number of breeds have been formed quite recently, which are all constant, and in other species we daily improve breeds by crossing them.
In his prefatory remarks upon the goat, Buffon complains of the want of systematic and certified experiment as to whatbreeds and species will be fertile inter se, and with what results.
The same applies to our domesticated breeds of animals.
Where can our many domestic breeds of dogs be found in a wild state?
The half-breeds helped them secure their canoe, and listened without comment to some of their story of the eventful journey.
Malcolm Mackenzie, he sick," one of the half-breeds told them.
Three half-breeds leaped out of the shadows and barred the big scout's way.
Blackened and disheveled, nearly exhausted, they guided their canoe to the pier, where three half-breeds were watching them curiously.
Sandy returned, a little disheartened, as the half-breeds led the way into the stockade.
He reports that Henderson has about ten half-breeds and thirty Indians holding the fort.
Malemute fired once, swung his fists twice, and the half-breeds were trampled underfoot.
No matter how wrong he may be, and how right we are, meeting resistance with resistance onlybreeds trouble.
This bird breeds in a few of our marshy places, and may now and then be met with along the coast.
That this species is a regular visitor I am not prepared to say; but that it is an occasional visitor and breeds here is beyond all doubt.
The eagle breeds in the highest parts of the county, in the rocky heights near Ben Avon (see p.
This rare British Tit is an inhabitant of the higher and middle districts of the county, where it breeds occasionally.
The Peregrine is one of our native hawks, and breeds annually, though very sparingly, and usually in inaccessible places in some of our highest headlands.
This bird is frequently seen; it breeds near Inverkeithnay, Rothiemay, and Inveraven.
But beyond Manitoba, and chiefly in Prince Albert, there were large numbers of half-breeds settled over the prairie.
Here a barrier was put across the road by which McDougall must travel to reach Fort Garry, and beyond this the half-breeds swore the pale face Governor should never pass.
When the police had moved away, the Indians and half-breeds came out from their ambush and began to hold rejoicings over the dead.
Then he began, in a low, calm voice to detail the story of the half-breeds in Manitoba, and spoke at length of the rebellion of '69.
He said he had been waiting fifteen long years and that they had been imposed upon, and it was time now, after they had waited patiently that their rights should be given, as the poor half-breeds had been imposed upon.
So long as no immigrant came prying about for choice land the half-breeds had naught to complain about, but the rapid influx of population soon altered the whole face of the matter.
The breeds sustained their rights in '69 by arms, and the people of Manitoba are enjoying the results to-day.
Under the new legislation for the territories, only those half-breeds within the bounds of the new province were guaranteed secure possession of their land.
But they were met on their triumphant march by a detachment of fourteen armed half-breeds whose spokesman said: "You received an order from the Provisional Government not to enter these territories.
The prisoner had been invited by the half-breeds to come among them from a foreign country to assist them in making a proper representation of their grievances to the Government.
A constitutional political movement was made, in which the half-breeds of all creeds took part, and the whites, though they were not active promoters, were sympathizers.
The pretensions or claims of the breeds changed frequently.
These two breeds are good ones for any kind of night hunting.
All breeds of hounds have some worthless, yet some may be fairly good along some particular line and very much at fault in others.
As to which of the two breeds has the best nose, and which is the better bird finder, nothing can be said with a degree of certainty--they are equal, but there is a vast difference in individuals.
There is, as in most other questions of hunting and shooting experiences, wide difference of opinion as to the relative values of the two breeds for practical field work and bench purposes.
Now, we will say first that there is as much or more difference in the man who handles the dog as there is in the different breeds of dogs.
There were many different breeds of the hound family existing in England, when the fox hound, the great grandfather of the typical night hunter under consideration, began to assume a fixed type and receive recognition.
To round out the subject all forms of hunting will receive some notice, and the various breeds of dogs will be so far dealt with, that their value and usefulness in their given fields may be determined.
A wolf came slipping up to watch, and two breeds of the yellow wolf's pack stationed themselves ten yards away.
They had known other breedsand had found that some would share their kills.
When north with the wolves he had met none of his domestic cousins except those renegades or breeds that were of the wild.
There the creole laborers of the land and the half breeds of the districts about the cities tenderly preserve the quichua, or native language of their ancestors, by intermixing it with the Spanish.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "breeds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
