INDEX 



325 



Matches, Captain Ross and 



Colonel Ansou, 71-74 

 England v. Scotland, 75-78 

 heavy betting on, 71 



Maxwell, Sir William, ac- 

 count of England v. 

 Scotland match by, 74- 

 78 



Merlin, 202 



Millet, Hungarian cultivation 

 of, 130-131 



Modern preservation, the 

 growth and ethics of, 

 313-314 



Nesting records, maps for, 



97-98 

 Nesting season, work in the, 



96 

 Nests, system of management 



of, 99 

 visiting, 98 

 Novice in shooting field, right 



training of, 213-215 



Orwell Park, notes from, 173- 



174 

 Owls, 202-203 



Partridge, common, differ- 

 ences between young and 

 old, 36 



as a migrant, 33 



cookery of, 53-60 



diseases liable to, 49 



distinguishing characters 

 of sexes, 34-36 



life history of, 39-48 



longevity of, 52 



natural distribution af- 

 fected by preservation, 

 32-33 



varieties of, 36-37 

 " Partridge disease," the, 50- 

 52 



Partridge drive, description 



of, 289-307 



Partridge-driving, 273 

 a high art, 239-240 

 as an agent in changing 



blood, 244 

 back flanking, 271 

 beaters, using two sets of, 



266 



British records of, 317-318 

 compared with grouse-driv- 

 ing, 241-244 

 compared with walking in 



line, 216-218 

 cost of, 289 

 details of arranging, 259- 



263 

 difficulties incident to, 263- 



266 

 difficulties of placing line 



of guns, 251-252 

 distances between guns, 



251-252 



duties of guns, 277-278 

 early instances of, 240 

 examples and diagrams of, 



274-280 

 fallacies concerning, 281- 



284 



flanking, 269-272 

 ground best suited for, 248- 



249 

 how far beneficial to a 



shooting, 242 

 importance of marking out 



stands for guns, 257-258 

 lie of ground important in 



fixing position of guns, 



259-260 

 method of planning out, 



249-250 

 ordered sequence of drives, 



266-267 

 picking up, 272 



