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(A), and in which the birds are now concentrated. 

 When the pheasants find they are hemmed in between 

 the guns on the ride and the advancing line of stops, 

 they will soon commence to rise and fly back over 

 the guns to the main part of the wood at (A), from 

 whence they have been driven forward. The first bird 

 or two may be low, but the rest are sure to rise high 

 as soon as a few shots are fired. 



If the wind is in a different direction, the wood 

 will have to be driven to another point, or even to a 

 corner ; and the birds should always be forced against 

 the wind to any chosen extremity of the wood, and 

 afterwards driven homewards over the guns down- 

 wind. If the birds are forced downwind to a corner, 

 they are apt to rise and fly farther than you intend, 

 or they either, once they feel the wind under their 

 wings. 



EXAMPLE No. 3. (FiG. 30, NEXT PAGE) 



ON SHOWING HIGH BIRDS OUT OF THE OPEN 



"When driving coverts for pheasants, it is often ne- 

 cessary to coax the birds to use their legs only in order 

 to reach a certain part of a wood you desire them to go 

 to, and from which they cannot escape without using 

 their wings, and thus affording sport to the shooters. 

 If only slightly alarmed, pheasants will always run 

 in preference to flying ; they only fly when they find 

 their legs will no longer enable them to avoid danger. 



