158 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



swift of wing-, larger in size, more palatable to the taste. Then 

 will no longer be seen the slow flip flap of the summer bird up 

 through the leafy glades, but the swift whirr of the Timber Doodle 

 from the side hill and mellow ground. A keener eye, a quicker 

 hand will then be needed behind the true and tried Scott or 

 Greener. 



Certainly cock-shooting is fine sport where the birds abound, 

 and as it possesses peculiar charms for some sportsmen, and as 

 they are held, by epicures and the sporting fraternity in general, 

 at the head of the list of our game birds, it is well worth the while 

 of American sportsmen to see that they are not entirely exter- 

 minated. 



