CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER IX. 



The D<il-l!ipa. Where found. Description. Plumage. Moulting. 

 Resembles the Scotch Grouse Resorts. Food. Feeds at 

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

 Breeding. Parental Affection. Enemies. Naturalization in 

 England. In request for the Table. The Rip-Orre ... page 121 



CHAPTER X. 



The Fjall-Ripa. Soxithem 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 Snar-gang -... 145 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Common Partridge. Scandinavian and Northern. Their Habits 

 and Sufferings. Curious Incubation. The Partridge-pipe. 

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

 Partridge-shooting. Daring of the Goshawk. The Tirass. The 

 Hog-Nat The Ryssja. Stock Birds. A Church-goer ... 1G1 



CHAPTER XIII. 



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 ... ... 177 



