xii GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES 



IN THE TEXT 



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Illustration commencing Blackgame . . . . . .57 



A Glen in Winter 60 



Evening at the Loch-side ........ 62 



Hybrid Blackgame and Pheasant . . . . . . .64 



Hybrid Blackgame and Grouse ....... 68 



Varieties of Greyhen from the Collection of the Hon. W. Rothschild 71 

 Autumn (Blackgame in the Stubble) . . . . . .77 



Attitudes of the Blackcocks on the approach of a Greyhen . . 85 

 Hens assuming the Plumage of the Male . . . . .102 



Instance of an adult Blackcock assuming the Plumage of the Greyhen 103 

 Young Blackcock in state of change . . . . . .105 



Tailpiece 108 



GROUSE (Lagopus scoticus) 



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Grouse-shooting . . . . . . . . . .110 



Grouse resting . . . . . . . . . .114 



Grouse disturbed . . . . . . . . .117 



Grouse-driving . . . . . . . . . .129 



The Fringe of the Moor : Grouse pairing in the Spring . . .149 



IN THE TEXT 



" Here they come " Ill 



The Hidden Hand 123 



The Appearance of the Peregrine . . . . . . .125 



" Embarras de Richesses " 126 



" A Snipy one under the Kite " 136 



The Double Feather found in Game Birds ) 



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Showing manner in which the Claws are cast / 



An Old Highlander from Sutherland . . . . . .141 



Melanism . . . . . . . . . . .142 



Hybrid between a Grouse and Bantam Fowl 146 



Tailpiece ....... 152 



