DANGERS OF THE BREEDING SEASON. 191 



CHAPTER XI. 



" Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves." VIRGIL. 



Injuries inflicted on various Birds during the Breeding Season 

 Robbery of Eggs Plover's Eggs Eggs of Terns and 

 Gulls Blackheaded Gulls Preserves of those Birds 

 Gullery at Scoulton The Gannet or Solan Goose Wild 

 Geese and Ducks The Eider Duck Its Distribution 

 and Domestic Economy Plunder of the Eggs and Down 

 Traffic in the Eggs of Rare Birds Injurious Conse- 

 quences Scientific and Amateur Collectors Eagles' 

 Eggs French and Dutch Purveyors Tricks of the 

 Trade Depredations committed on Game Birds during 

 Incubation The Red Grouse Feathered Bandits 

 Grouse and i Scaul Crows' Poachers The Egg Stealer 

 the most Mischievous and Difficult to Detect Indirect 

 Encouragement thoughtlessly afforded Pheasants' Nests 

 Habits of the Hen Pheasant Tactics of the Egg 

 Stealer Ignorance of Game-keepers Persecution of 

 comparatively Harmless Animals Duties of a Keeper 

 during the Breeding Season. 



MANY kinds of wading and swimming as well 

 as gallinaceous birds suffer more during the period 

 of incubation than at any other season of the 

 year. The straightforward sportsman, however 

 successful and indefatigable he may be, nay even 



