SERVIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA 

 AND BULGARIA 



By a. G. HULME BEAMAN 



I.— SERVIA 



A S far as I am aware, the sporting opportunities of Servia have 

 -^ ^ never been thoroughly explored, and, owing to the lamentable 

 destruction of its forests, whatever bio- crame ever existed there has 

 probably already been exterminated, or soon will be. There are, 

 however, still a certain number of boar and roe wherever the covert 

 favours them, as the Servian peasant, like the Roumanian, is not 

 much addicted to the chase. During the passage of woodcock and 

 quail, these birds are of course to be found, sometimes in fair quanti- 

 ties, near Belgrade, though the best shooting is preserved in the 

 royal park of Topshidereh. The most sporting districts in Servia 

 are those of Nisch and Krushevatz. Quail especially are killed in 

 thousands round Nisch, where there is also some snipe shooting. 

 On the hills round Nisch I have also found the little 1)ustard, which. 

 ^rsonally, I have never come across elsewhere in the Balkans. The 

 small mountain streams mostly hold trout of microscopic size, but 

 they are too much netted for the angling to be worth mentioning. In 

 the Danube and Save the only line-fishing is for pike and carp. 



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