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GAME BIEDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES 



difficulty the white-backed one was at last found, flushed, 

 and missed, owing to his excess of keenness, so he had 

 nothing to do but to trudge manfully after it throughout 

 the entire day. 



This he did without obtaining another 



HYBRID BETWEEN A GROUSE AND BANTAM FOWL. 



shot till late in the evening and about to go home, when 

 the object of his pursuit rose out of the heather at his 

 feet. This time he did not miss, and his thrill of exulta- 

 tion as the bird dropped was immediately and rudely 



