" GROUSE DISEASE " STRONGYLOSIS 239 



between the month of May when the early broods are hatched, 

 and the end of July when the dogs are taken out to make a 

 survey of the shooting prospects. Consequently, no diseased 

 birds are found during that period even though they may be 

 dying in hundreds, and by an optimistic method of reasoning 

 it is assumed that because no disease is observed no disease 

 exists. Conversely from the intimate knowledge of the moor 



TABLE VI SHEWING THE FALLACY OF THE AUTUMN OUTBREAK 

 OF DISEASE 



NUMBER 



JAN 



FEB 



MAR. 



APR. 



MAY 



JUNE JULY 



AUG. 



SEP 



ocr 



NOV. 



DEC 



fD) 



NUMBER OF 



COCK BIRDS 



OEAO. 



NUMBER of 

 COCK 8//?DS 

 s ten ONL y 



fD'> 



(E 1 ) 



NUMBER OF 

 HEN BIROS 

 SICK ONL Y. 



after August 12th, undue importance has been attached to this 

 idea of autumn disease owing to a certain number of sickly 

 birds being found in the August and September bags birds 

 which would otherwise have escaped notice altogether, but 

 which were shot in the day's sport and afterwards picked out as 

 " piners." 



The point is brought out in Table VI. which shows the number 

 of dead or pining birds sent to the Committee for examination 



