. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UFLANO SnOOTINO. 2UI UPLAND PLOVER SHOOTING. I 'in nil. ITH tlio end of July, all that inn properly bo called shooting, as a genuine sport, is at an end. Tlu' Woodcock, as 1 have already stat- ed, is no longer to bo found, wheth- er ho be lying perdu, on the moun- tain tops, or oft" on a wilder wing for the far north. 'i"he Snipe has not yet begun to return from his arctic breeding places ; the Quail is rttill busy with her eggs, or he
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UFLANO SnOOTINO. 2UI UPLAND PLOVER SHOOTING. I 'in nil. ITH tlio end of July, all that inn properly bo called shooting, as a genuine sport, is at an end. Tlu' Woodcock, as 1 have already stat- ed, is no longer to bo found, wheth- er ho be lying perdu, on the moun- tain tops, or oft" on a wilder wing for the far north. 'i"he Snipe has not yet begun to return from his arctic breeding places ; the Quail is rttill busy with her eggs, or her fledging cheepers; and the Ruft'ed Grouse, although her young are already two-thirds grown, is pro- tected by the game-laws until the first day of November. This last jirotocti n i)y the way, is as absurd in point of fact, as everything connected with the game laws of the States, All the varieties of Grouse are early breeders ; their young come rapidly to maturity ; when full-grown they are as wild as hawks ; and at all times, from their own habits, and the peculi- arity of the ground on which they reside, they take better care «)f themselves, than any other species of winged game. The breeding season of these birds commences in May; early in June the young birds can fly ; and by the middle of September they are full-grown. There is this peculiarity about them, moreover, that they do not, as all other birds of this order, rasorcs, with which I am acquainted, kecji together in broods or coveys until the commencement of the next breeding season ; but separate altogether, and ramble about either as single indi- viduals, or in small parties, during the autumn and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend & Adams
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