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GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTIXG-SKETCHES 



informed by J. A. Harvie Brown, Esq., of the existence of 

 a hybrid between the present sjDecies and a Pheasant which 

 had occurred at Arden, Loch Lomond. This remarkal)le 

 cross was very courteously sent to me Ijy Mr. Lumsden, 

 who shot the Ijird on his estate on that beautiful lake. It 

 cannot certainly Ije called a handsome bird, for the size of 

 the feet give it an ungainly apf)earance. It bears a strong- 

 resemblance to the Blackgame and Pheasant hybrid, but 

 is on a large and clumsy scale. 



CAPER SHOT. 



