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GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES 



informed by J. A. Harvie Brown, Esq., of the existence of 

 a hybrid between the present species and a Pheasant which 

 had occurred at Arden, Loch Lomond. This remarkable 

 cross was very courteously sent to me by Mr. Lumsden, 

 who shot the bird on his estate on that beautiful lake. It 

 cannot certainly be called a handsome bird, for the size of 

 the feet give it an ungainly appearance. It bears a strong 

 resemblance to the Blackgame and Pheasant hybrid, but 

 is on a large and clumsy scale. 



CAPER SHOT. 



