. The young sportsman's manual : or, recreations in shooting ; with some account of the game found in the British Islands, and practical directions for the management of dog and gun . resent day, wemay as well tell a man how to eat his dinner. Thecolonel treats the position of his young scholars withsomewhat of a high hand. The common Partridge, of British authors, isabundant in Europe; and plentiful in almost allparts of our own island. It is one of the gamebirds that delights in the cultivation that follows thesteps of man. The cunning of this bird can onlybe equalled by its laziness. Findin
. The young sportsman's manual : or, recreations in shooting ; with some account of the game found in the British Islands, and practical directions for the management of dog and gun . resent day, wemay as well tell a man how to eat his dinner. Thecolonel treats the position of his young scholars withsomewhat of a high hand. The common Partridge, of British authors, isabundant in Europe; and plentiful in almost allparts of our own island. It is one of the gamebirds that delights in the cultivation that follows thesteps of man. The cunning of this bird can onlybe equalled by its laziness. Finding a plentifulharvest in the grain of the labourer, it will oftenmake its nest in the young com and grasses, andby this means perish; for before the yomig brood ishatched, the haiwest has sometimes commenced. Thepartridge pairs very early in spring, although theyoung are frequently not more than half grown bythe beginning of September. Their nests are selectedvariously. The wildest birds have been known to PARTEIDGE SHOOTING 73 make them close to a highway, and within a foot ofa field path; while some have chosen for concealmentthe cavities of old oaks. However, their prevalent. THE PARTRIDGI mode of nidification is thus :—The first genial days ofa fine Febmary, they have paired and selected theirsmnmer abode, long before there is any need forpreparation for the season of incubation. They seekout a ready-made cavity, which they scoop out into adeeper and more symmetrical hollow; and, ^\ithoutfurnishing the nest, but contenting themselves withthe bare ground, they deposit from twelve to twentyeggs. It is sometimes made in a furrow, alwaysunder cover of tufts of grass. This bird has few means of defence ; but that in-stinct, which leads her to singular stratagems, is very 74 TAETEIDGE SHOOTING. remarkable. Let an intruder stumble on a partridge snest, and he shall find, in the midst of a sort ofscrambling uproar—the cries of the parents, and thebustle of the brood—that the m
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