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localities, are little more than the common hare and grey partridge 



and quail. To these may be added one or two kinds, The Plains 



as the snipe and woodcock, found equally in the hills ^^^ Marshes. 



or lowlands. There is here no space to enumerate all the birds 



of passage that may on occasion be shot. 



Although really plentiful only in the preserved grounds, the 



hare cannot be regarded as rare in any part of the 



rlare. 

 country. 



Associations of sportsmen have after long efforts succeeded in 



establishing the grey partridge in many districts. The 



Partridge, 

 bird is found in almost every part of the plains, and 



is in fact the only resident game bird there. 



Quails are becoming scarcer and scarcer. The terrible slaughter 



of these birds in Egypt certainly does not conduce to an increase 



in the numbers that annually visit our land. Thanks, 



.... . Quail. 



however, to the initiative of the Diana, a society of 



Swiss sportsmen, international arrangements are being negotiated 



for an agreement between Switzerland and the neighbouring 



countries to put a stop to the passage of truck-loads of quails from 



southern Europe. In this will lie the only hope of staying the 



extermination of the bird. September is the favourite month for 



quail shooting. 



The pheasant has been introduced into the canton of Argovie, 



and has spread from thence into that of Soleure. In all 



Pheasant, 

 districts in which sportsmen are not numerous the 



bird has done well. 



The woodcock is, like the quail, disappearing. Older sportsmen 



