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these birds into a new country by procuring the eggs 

 and putting them into pheasant or partridge nests, the 

 former, of course, for choice. But they go where they 

 list ; they will not stay if the country does not suit 

 them, but will travel for miles until they find congenial 

 cover and food, even as they have led me in this little 

 work far away from their recognised home and com- 

 panions, the heather and the grouse. 



