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Mr. R. Hargreaves — second barrel at teal ; 

 ptarmigan driven round top of hill. 



Lord Westbury — cock pheasant dropping and 

 curling with outstretched wings. 



Mr. T. S. Pearson-Gregory — pheasant skim- 

 ming with a curl from hillside above. 



Hon. A. PoRTMAN — pheasant crossing high on 

 right. 



Mr. H. W. Gilbey — real high pheasant. 



Major A. Acland - Hood — pheasant crossing- 

 low on left. 



In the light of such expert evidence 

 it is safe to conclude that in the ordinary 

 walks of shooting — setting aside birds of 

 occasion only, such as the stock-dove, to 

 whom the writer from his own more 

 limited experience would award the palm 

 of invulnerability — all the most difficult 

 shots presented to the gun are not to 

 be found among the wilder grouse or 

 partridges, but are almost always offered 

 by some variety of the more homely 

 pheasant — whether high or low, overhead 

 or crossing, dropping, skimming or curling. 



Nor does it make any appreciable 

 difference whether the pheasant in ques- 



