Chap. XIII. 



Law of Battle. 



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day at a particular spot, where the females propose to lay their 

 eggs. The fowlers discover these spots by the turf being 

 trampled somewhat bare. Here they fight very much like game- 

 cocks, seizing each other with their beaks and striking with 

 their wings. The great ruff of feathers round the neck is then 

 erected, and according to Col. Montagu " sweeps the ground as 

 " a shield to defend the more tender parts ; ,? and this is the only 



