Behaviour of Birds 



shell-shock (Bird Notes and News, vol. vi. 

 p. 91), and two STARLINGS, roaming listlessly 

 over the ground, every now and then stagger- 

 ing as if weak and unsteady on their legs 

 (Bird Notes and News, vol. vii. p. 106), may 

 have been similarly afflicted. 



Naturally our soldiers took every oppor- 

 tunity they could of having a day's shooting, 

 and any game they might get proved an 

 acceptable addition to their rations ; there 

 are also stories of how our cavalry-men, when 

 at rest behind the lines, used to delight in 

 riding down PARTRIDGES. Shooting was one 

 of the principal recreations of the Allied 

 armies after the armistice of November nth, 

 1918. The German civilian population had 

 to surrender its firearms of every description 

 when the occupying troops arrived, so that 

 large stocks of sporting guns and cartridges 

 were available in every town and village. 

 On February 3rd, 1919, an Army order was 

 issued prohibiting, in accordance with the 

 local game laws, the shooting of PARTRIDGES ; 

 COCK PHEASANTS and WILDFOWL, however, 

 still remained fair game (Daily Mail, 7 .ii . 19). 



