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gun-room. Our own experience is that thirteen 

 ounces is a fair average weight for young birds in 

 good condition. Mr. Tegetmeier says that twelve 

 ounces is about the usual weight. He has, however, 

 recorded a much heavier bird, a young male, which 

 turned the scales at seventeen ounces. This bird 

 had been killed by Mr. Mann's shooting party in 

 the north-west of Norfolk, and was obtained on Sep- 

 tember 26. l 



1 Field, October 7, 1893. 



