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for nesting. To this end do not allow the tenant 

 farmers to plough within two yards of a hedge on 

 either side ; you then have strips of high coarse grass 

 along the fences for the birds to nest in a cover they 

 are very fond of for the purpose. The farmers will 

 be no worse off, and the partridges will be greatly 

 benefited by the arrangement. To make perfect 

 nesting places for partridges, place hurdles across the 

 corners of some of the fields where four or even three 



FK;. 49. BIKDSEYE VIKW OF WHERE FOUR HEDGE? joix. 

 vi; PLACES INCLOSED BY HURDLES. 



(The short double lines represent the hurdles, 3 to each field.) 



hedges meet (as in fig. 49). This only takes a few 

 square yards off rarh field, but it gives choice spots 

 for birds to nest in, both partridges and pheasants, 

 with a warm shelter from the wind. 



You may, if you like, plant a belt of young fir trees 



along the end of a large field, so as to show good sport 



tually when driving the birds over them to tin.- 



guns. But it is an error to suppose that partridges 



fancy trees to nest under (as they dislike the drip 



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