CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Dal-Ripa. — Where found. — Description. — Plumage. — Moulting. 

 — Resembles the Scotch Grouse — Resorts. — Food. — Feeds at 

 Night. — Habits. — " Trees." — Roosts in the Snow. — Its Lek. — 

 Breeding. — Parental Aflection. — Enemies. — Naturalization in 

 England. — In request for the Table. — The Rip-Orre ... pa(fe 121 



CHAPTER X. 



The Fjiill Ripa. — Southern limits in Scandinavia. — Plumage. — 

 Moulting. — Habits. — Resorts. — Food. — Feeding at Night. — The 

 Lek. — Breeding. — The Male a Truant. — Enemies. — For the 

 Table 138 



CHAPTER XI. 



Shooting Ripa at the Lek-stiille — To the Pointer. — Migrations to 

 the Coast — How Caused. — Enormous Packs. — Tracking. — Shot 

 when "Treed." — By Bloss at Night. — Traps and Snares. — The 

 Rip-Hag. — Anecdote. — Large Captures. — The Suar-gang ... H.T 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Common Partridge. — Scandinavian and Northern. — Their Habits 

 and Sufferings. — Curious Inculiation. — The Partridge-pipe. — 

 Sportsmen's Expedients. — The Klafve. — Training the Pointer. — 

 Partridge-shooting. — Daring of the Goshawk. — The Tira-ss. — The 

 Hog-Nat.— The Ryssja.— Stock Birds.— A Church-goer ... llH 



CHAPTER XII L 



The Common Quail. — Its Habits. — Migrations. — The Bishop of 

 Quails.- The Great Bustard. — Their Love-Season. — Mode of 

 Capture. —The Little and the Ruffed Bustard 



