BULLET AND SHOT 



from sea-level to about 6,000 feet. Jungle fowl 

 may be beaten out of ravines, small covers, etc.> 

 and may also be met with on any roads which 

 are made through forest tracts. It is the cock of 

 this species which supplies us with the beautiful 

 hackles which enter into the composition of so 

 many salmon flies. The grey is a trifle larger 

 than the red jungle fowl. 



THE COMMON OR GREY QUAIL (Cotumix Communis) 



This bird is migratory, and arrives in India from 

 Central Asia, Persia, Arabia, Africa, etc., in the 

 autumn. The numbers which come over in each 

 migration vary considerably, as also do the localities 

 in which the birds are most plentiful, in different 

 years. If food be scarce in the north, many of 

 them push on towards the south. 



Frequently enormous numbers of quail are found 

 in March in Northern India, the birds having been 

 attracted there from the south and east by the 

 ripening of the crops. They are usually shot in 

 standing crops, and Hume mentions a device em- 

 ployed in quail shooting in the north whereby the 

 birds are put up with the minimum of damage. 

 A thin cord, forty or fifty yards in length, is 

 furnished at each yard with a white feather. Two 

 men, one at each end, drag this cord over the 

 field, the sportsman walking just behind its centre. 

 As many as one hundred couple have been bagged 

 in a day by one gun. Quail fly swiftly, but 

 straight, and thus afford very easy shooting. 



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