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  • Anyway, afterwards I opened The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes at random and read a story called The Speckled Band.

    TV review: Sherlock and Orchestra United 2010

  • The Small Speckled Pheasant found in the Rocky Mountains, and differ from the large black and white pheasant only in point of size, and somewhat in colour. it is scercely half the size of the other; assosiates in much larger flocks and is also very gentle. the black is more predominate and the dark brown feathers less frequent in this than the larger species. the mixture of white is also more general on every part of this bird. it is considerably smaller than our Pheasant and the body reather more round. in other particulars they differ not at all, from the large black and white Pheasant. this by way of distinction I have called the Speckled Pheasant. the flesh of both these species of party coloured Pheasant is of a dark colour, and with the means we had of cooking them were only tolerably flavoured tho 'these birds would be fine well cooked.

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • Somewhat in colour. it is scercely half the Size of the other; assosiates in much larger flocks and is also very gentle. the black is more predominate and the dark brown feathers less frequent in this than the larger Species. the mixture of white is also more general on every part of this bird. it is considerably Smaller than our Pheasant and the body reather more round. in other particulars they differ not at all, from the large black and white Pheasant. this by way of distinction I have called the Speckled Pheasant. the flesh of both these Species of party coloured Pheasant is of a dark colour, and with the means we had of cooking them were only tolerably flavoured tho these birds would be fine well cooked.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • There are nods and winks to other stories – The Greek Interpreter, The Speckled Band, or the Speckled Blonde as it has become.

    TV review: Sherlock; Hacks 2012

  • Speckled trout, redfish, a few flounder and lots of crappie.

    any one catching anything about now 2009

  • Fascinating to Conan Doyle scholars; less interesting to readers hoping for an exciting new novel along the lines of The Adventure of the Speckled Band.

    Posthumous pop: the stars who keep on selling 2011

  • Fresh water I gotta go with Walleye, Crappie (Speckled Perch in Central Fla.), Bluegills and small Channel cats in that order.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • (I had had four pints of Speckled Hen and was halfway down a bottle of red at the time, so I may have missed something, admittedly.) on April 3, 2010 at 7: 36 am officer and a lady

    New Financial Year – Now We Can Arrest Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Fresh water I gotta go with Walleye, Crappie (Speckled Perch in Central Fla.), Bluegills and small Channel cats in that order.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • Speckled trout, redfish, a few flounder and lots of crappie.

    any one catching anything about now 2009

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