268 SPORT IN EUROPE 



named is of great size, resembling the roe of Siberia rather than 



those of France and Germany. In no case, however, have the 



horns more than the usual three points. Lynxes kill 

 Roedeer. 



numbers of roedeer at all seasons, while wolves molest 



them in winter only, when the snow lies deep and is covered with 



a thin film of ice. 



The capercailzie and grouse are scarce and very hard to shoot. 



The former, which occurs only in the higher ranges, is stalked after 



the spring thaws ; the latter, which is met with in the 

 Game Birds. 



lower hills, is shot in autumn over dogs. The hazel- 

 hen has a wide range in the country, and is shot with the aid of 

 a peculiar whistle that imitates the call of either male or female, 

 according as it is desired to attract the opposite sex. A single 

 false note would spoil the whole performance, but the instrument, 

 skilfully handled, is so irresistible that many sportsmen regard the 

 shot as too easy, and content themselves with letting the bird fly 

 away unscathed after they have sufficiently amused themselves with 

 its puzzled search after a mate at their very feet. Five years 

 ago the pheasant was unknown in Roumania, but to-day we 

 find the ordinary Bohemian and Mongolian pheasant naturalised 



on the estates of Floristi and Comanesti, and thriving 



^ ^, admirably. No such success, however, has attended a 



of Pheasants. ^ 



similar effort to acclimatise Reeves' pheasant, but the 

 other species have been imported from Austria and turned down in 

 suitable localities. The owners feed them in winter with maize and 

 buckwheat, and extra hens are turned down in the spring. There 

 seems to have been no occasion for artificial rearing, as the natural 



