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migration, the estimate would certainly not be too high. 

 That the Jagt in Zealand was also in an extraordinary 

 degree successful, may be inferred from the fact that 'a 

 Danish forest-keeper shot in the course of a few hours on 

 the plantations of Ilornbeck, two (Swedish) miles from the 

 town of Elsinore, no fewer than thirty -five of those birds ; * 

 and as further evidence of their abvmdance, I may men- 

 tion they were then sold in the Copenhagen market for 

 Is. 6d. the couple, the ordinary price being is. In spite, 

 however, of the great destruction amongst them in the 

 spring spoken of," the writer goes on to say, "the autumnal 

 migration, which commenced in the first days of October, 

 was very considerable. On one gentleman's estate, thirty- 

 five couple — an unusvial number — were killed ; the last 

 bird on the 22nd November." 



Even in ordinai'y years, the spring Cock-shooting in 

 Scania is very fair ; and if a man is fortunate enough to 

 obtain access to good coverts, several couple of these birds 

 may any day be bagged. The disadvantage, however, of 

 shooting at this season, is that the birds are usually in 

 such very poor condition, that many would say they 

 were hardly worth " powder and shot." 



The autumnal Cock-shooting in Scania is inferior to 

 that in the spring; but, as a set-oS", the birds are then in 

 good condition, and, as a rule, they lie well to the pointer, 

 which is not always the case in the last-named season. 

 The aiitumn — as well as the spring — shooting varies. 



* M. Hoist, whom I met last autumn in Scania, spoke of a similar 

 slaughter, or it might be the very one spoken of above, in which he him- 

 self took part; \'iz., that a friend of his in .Jutland on the 2nd April, 1862, 

 bagged thirty-six Woodcock before four o'clock in the afternoon, when he 

 was obliged to desist from shooting owing to the want of ammunition. 

 For a part of the day M. Hoist shot in company with this individual, and 

 killed twelve birds in addition ; so that together they bagged twenty-four 

 coujjle, which, under the circumstances, was not bad work. 



