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after skirmishing up to one another with every apparent 

 gesture of rage and fury, by the time close-quarters are 

 arrived at, have come to the conclusion that another 

 occasion will do just as well as the present for fighting it 

 out. So the matter is " squared." More often they stand 



VARIETIES OF GREYHEN FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. W. ROTHSCHILD. 



and fence, after the manner of bantams, until one by 

 superior tact and rapidity suddenly seizes his adversary 

 by the "scruff" of the neck, and gives him a right good 

 dusting, handling him in no gentle manner with his 

 strong bill, whilst he beats him over the head with both 

 his wings, the latter making a loud noise. "When he who 



