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THE COMMON COOT. 



taken off, the bird becomes dry and good for nothing. A 

 Coot shot in the morning, just after roosting, is worth 

 three killed in the day when full of grass, because it will 

 then be whiter and milder in flavour." 1 



1 Yarrell's British Birds, fourth edition, vol. iii. pp. 176, 177. 



