4S THE FOGEL-HUND. 



from off the ground or from tree to tree, he must not 

 bark until it perches, and then only occasionally ; and 

 always from the same side of the tree ; he should not he 

 allowed to run barking and yelping round about the tree. 

 and least of all to gnaw and scratch the stem witli his teeth 

 and claws, as in that case the bird becomes frightened 

 and moves off." 



When the Capercali is "treed" by a well-t rained 

 dog and it seldom flies far after being flushed from off 

 the ground unless it sees the fowler it often remains quite 

 passive, and looks down with curiosity rather than fear on 

 the enemy beneath. In the meanwhile the man stealthily 

 makes his way towards the tree beneath which the dog 

 is challenging ; and as the attention of the bird is in 

 great degree taken up by the dog, the man is frequently 

 enabled to get within gun-shot before it becomes a ware of 

 his presence. But even when one is close to the tree-- 

 supposing it is an umbrageous pine it is not always 

 easy to discover the bird. In this case it is best, in 1 In- 

 first instance, to follow Avith the eye the stem of the tree 

 from the ground upwards, and afterwards to peer nmonu-t 

 the branches. It happens at 1 lines, nevertheless, that 

 one never discovers it until it takes \\ing. 



In the early part of the autumn, cocks ;md hens, \\lien 

 "treed," sit equally well to the Pogcl-lluml, but as 

 the season advances, the cocks become so excessively wild 

 as usually to fly as soon as the dog begins to challenge. 

 This is by no means the case with the hens, who will 

 often remain in the tree until a person approaches quite 

 close to them. 



lYom the large size of the Capcivali one mii;ht sup- 

 pose it would be an easy shot, and such is the case if it be 

 Unshed from otf the ground and that the cover be pretty 

 open ; but when it dips down unexpectedly from the (lines 

 nearly to the -round, as frequently happens, it is often 



