Utility and Economy of Birds 
twelve birds; and QUAIL and SNIPE, one 
coupon for each sixteen birds. The scale for 
those in receipt of ‘‘ direct supplies’’ was 
halved: thus, PHEASANT, WILD DUCK, etc., 
one coupon for each bird; PLOVER, one 
coupon for each six birds, and so on (The 
Field, 3.viii.18, p. 103). 
The inclusion of GUINEA-FOWL among 
GAME BIRDs provoked humorous queries as 
to where the best shooting might be obtained, 
on what date the shooting opened, and 
whether it was legitimate to shoot them on 
the ground. It was even suggested that the 
Ministry of Food had been rearing GUINEA- 
FOWL with a view to increasing the food- 
supply of the country (The Times, 8.viii.18). 
Shortly afterwards a ludicrous statement 
appeared in print that WiLp Duck, PLOVER, 
SNIPE, and WATER-HENS were being bred at 
the Edmonton District Council’s sewage farm 
(Evening News, 19.viii.18), 
In July 10918 the Board of Agriculture 
authorised the killing of GROUSE and BLACK- 
GAME in England and Wales as from Au- 
gust 6th, and the Board of Agriculture of 
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