58 GAME rRESERVERS AND BIED PEESERYEES. 



We have several times seen them overtake 

 partridges, and once saw them overtake grouse 

 on the wing, but they either cannot or do not 

 wish to strike then- quarry in the air. On each 

 occasion the hunted bird closed its wings and 

 settled. The hawk then hovered over it for a 

 moment, and then pounced on it. 



