PTARMIGAN 



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early in November and covered the valleys to the proper 

 depth for a month, he said he could easily lift a hundred 

 brace before the close of the season, after which there was 

 no sale for the birds. The fact of the season for Grouse 

 ending on the 10th of December has done more to stop 



SUPPOSED HYBRID BETWEEN PTARMIGAN AND GROUSE. 



this form of poaching than anything, as there have been 

 but few heavy falls of snow in recent years before the 

 middle of that month. 



The poacher discovers a place on the hill where the 

 birds are in the habit of sitting when snow has fallen. To 

 this spot he repairs when the downfall has ceased, and 



