Birds on the Western Front 
the wholesale destruction of the woods or to 
the poaching proclivities of some of our 
soldiers (The Field, 5.v.17, p. 662). 
PARTRIDGES fed securely in ‘‘ No-man’s- 
land.” A nest, with fourteen eggs, was 
found within fifty yards of a battery posi- 
tion ; the bird sat close, though 2,000 rounds 
were fired daily (Fveld, 29.vii.16, p. 186). 
Near Gouzeaucourt, in a very much shelled 
area, a PARTRIDGE sat on seventeen eggs; 
on either side of her nest, and within two 
yards of it, were “‘ pip-squeak”’ shell-holes 
very recently made (Imes, 22.vi.17). PAR- 
TRIDGES were often seen about the line in the 
La Bassée sector, where they gave good prac- 
tice for successful rifle and Lewis-gun fire 
into ‘‘ No-man’s-land’’ (/bis, I919, p. 77). 
A “‘ Minnie ’”’ shell was seen to explode in the 
middle of a covey of PARTRIDGES; such 
birds as were not hit simply jumped up, lit 
again, and immediately went on feeding un- 
perturbed. 
QuaILs called to each other while shells 
exploded close to them (Land and Waiter, 
I4.ix.16), and could be heard calling during 
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