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GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES 



IN THE TEXT 



Illustration commencing Blackgame 



A Glen in Winter 



Evening at the Loch-side 



Hybrid Blackgame and Pheasant . 



Hybrid Blackgame and Grouse 



Varieties of Greyhen from the Collection of the Hon. W. Rothschild 



Autumn (Blackgame in the Stubble) ..... 



Attitudes of the Blackcocks on the approach of a Greyhen 



Hens assuming the Plumage of the Male .... 



Instance of an adult Blackcock assuming the Plumage of the Greyhen 



Young Blackcock in state of change 



Tailpiece ..... 



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GltOUSE {Lagopus scoticas) 



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Grouse-shooting . 



Grouse resting 



Grouse disturbed 



Grouse-driving 



The Fringe of the Moor 



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ouse pairing in the Spring 



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IN THE TEXT 



" Here they come " . . . . 



The Hidden Hand .... 



The Appearance of the Peregrine . 



" Embarras de Richesses " . 



" A Snijjy one under the Kite " 



The Double Feather found in Game Birds 



Showing manner in which the Claws are cast 



An Old Highlander from Sutherland 



Melanism ....... 



Hybrid between a Grouse and Bantam Fowl 

 Tailpiece ....... 



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