. Game birds and shooting-sketches : illustrating the habits, modes of capture, stages of plumage and the hybirds & varieties which occur amongst them . ^:-!m^^. \ a (; HOUSE I Mi victory hy (chasing his opponent to a short <»,when he finds to liis snrprise tliat liis a<lversary is notso (•hMl as he expected, and is himselfin turn attacked and utterly routed. These runningconflicts may ])er]ia])s last for some time, if the birdsare evenly matched, and no one takes so keen an interestin them, or is more delighted at all the row thatis going on, than tlie lady herself: she
. Game birds and shooting-sketches : illustrating the habits, modes of capture, stages of plumage and the hybirds & varieties which occur amongst them . ^:-!m^^. \ a (; HOUSE I Mi victory hy (chasing his opponent to a short <»,when he finds to liis snrprise tliat liis a<lversary is notso (•hMl as he expected, and is himselfin turn attacked and utterly routed. These runningconflicts may ])er]ia])s last for some time, if the birdsare evenly matched, and no one takes so keen an interestin them, or is more delighted at all the row thatis going on, than tlie lady herself: she runs backwardsand forwards, chuckling to herself, as if it were a matterof supreme indifference to her as to which should ulti-mately win, provided there is a good fight for her. AlthoughGrouse are not naturally armed with sucli a powerfulweapon of attack and defence as Capercaillie or Blackc(jck,yet they sometimes contrive to maim each other soseverely as to be completely blinded and rendered quitehelpless from the injuries inflicted to their eyes.^ ^ Contests in which more tlian two take part are unusual. On oneoccasion I s
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