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collected, the idea being that any one 

 desiring information about partridge pre- 

 servation should first study the notes as 

 a whole and get a good broad impression 

 "of the business, and then select an estate 

 where the general conditions are some- 

 what similar to his own, and note how 

 others deal with the same problems which 

 he himself is called upon to face. The 

 notes from each estate are answers to a 

 uniform series of questions, and are in 

 every case the opinions of owners or 

 gamekeepers actively engaged in partridge 

 preservation. 



The points on which information was 

 requested were as follows : Extent of 

 ground, nature of soil, proportion of cul- 

 tivated land to grass, rotation of crops. 

 Nature of natural nesting ground, and 

 whether any artificially provided. The 

 question of foxes. The relative de- 

 merits of other vermin. The desirability 

 of hares, pheasants, and French partridges 

 on partridge ground. The system fol- 

 lowed in the nesting season. The question 



