324 



PARTRIDGES 



"French System," invention 



of, 118 

 merits of, 120-121 



Gamekeeper, importance of, 



early training of, 87-88 

 relations to his master, 94 

 Gamekeepers, allowances of, 



92-93 



change in race of, 179 

 relations with farmers, 100 

 work of, on partridge 



ground, 89-91 et seq. 

 Game laws, probable security 



of, 9-12 

 Glengarry, list of vermin 



trapped at, 179-181 

 Gordonstouii estate, notes 

 from, 136-138 



Half-mooning, advantages of, 



222-224 



importance of system in, 

 224 



Hand - reared birds, short- 

 comings of, 117 



Hand-rearing, disadvantages 



of, 116 



limited profitable adoption 

 of, 116-117 



Hawker, Col. Peter, quota- 

 tion from diary of, 66-69 



Hawkins, Mr., device of, at 

 hatching time, 114 



Hazel hen, the, 22-24 



Hedgehog, Mr. T. G. Millais 

 in defence of the, 192 



Hedgehogs, 95, 192 



Hoo Estate, the, notes from, 

 171-173 



Hungarians, 137, 138, 140, 

 142, 144, 148, 150, 156, 

 159, 162, 166, 169, 171, 

 173, 174 



Hungarians, as agents in 



changing blood, 127 

 care requisite in dealing 



with, 124-125 

 marking for identification, 



126-127 

 method of turning down, 



125-126 

 question of introduction of, 



123-124 

 Hungary, vermin killing in, 



181-182 



Ideal estate, cultivation on, 

 83 



good neighbours round, 81 



keepers on, 84 



lie of ground, 81 



nesting ground on, 83-84 



size of, 81 



soil of, 82 

 Incubator, 114 



Jackdaw, 196 



Jay, 199 



Jones, Mr. Owen, on keeper- 

 ing as a profession, 86- 

 87,93 

 quoted, 200 



Keepers' Benefit Society, 



237-238 



Kestrel, 201-202 

 Kite, shooting partridges 



under a, 231 



Logan estate, notes from, 

 143-146 



Magpie, 198 



Malmesbury, third Earl of, 

 as a sportsman, 65 



