BULLET AND SHOT 



brutes are emulated by the jackal, who, though he 

 lives chiefly upon carrion, will neglect nothing 

 edible, living or dead, which he may come across. 



MINOR POACHERS 



Of the enemies of Indian feathered game 

 after the native poachers who have been already 

 mentioned several species of wild cat and of 

 mongoose are the chief delinquents amongst the 

 small mammalia ; whilst kites and crows (both of 

 which are in their legions), and in a less degree, 

 eagles and many species of falcons, hawks, and owls 

 account for vast quantities of the young of game 

 birds, as well as (in the case of some of the feathered 

 poachers) of the mature birds themselves. Snakes 

 and rats, moreover, as well as the mongoose, take 

 toll of the eggs of the unfortunate birds ; and it 

 is wonderful how, in the absence of all protection, 

 feathered game is able to exist at all in spite of 

 so many voracious and ever -vigilant foes, in the 

 case of so many of whom nature appears to have 

 omitted to place any adequate limit upon re- 

 production and multiplication. 



NUISANCES IN INDIAN SHOOTING 



In addition to the list of poachers, all of whom 

 in a greater or less degree are of course nuisances 

 to the sportsman, there are two or three nuisances 

 which are entitled to special mention. 



One of these is the " did-he-do-it " plover, so 



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