THE IRISH SETTER 167 



be relieved, when he would go quickly and straight to the next 

 wounded bird, and so on until all were found. 



It is probable that even wild grouse do not often fly from 

 a dog unless they associate him with the presence of man. 

 When using a parti-coloured team of black-white-and-tan 

 setters with some lemon-and-white dogs, the author has noticed 

 that wild grouse soon got to expect the man when they saw the 

 dogs, and he has found that by using a red dog then, the birds 

 behave differently, probably mistaking the Irish setter for a 

 Scotch fox. At any rate, when they ought to have been very 

 wild according to locality and season, grouse have been noticed 

 to treat a red dog with a certain amount of resentment and 

 walk away from him, flicking their tails as they move, plainly 

 expecting the rush, and unwilling to fly before it came. What 

 they obviously did not expect was that there was a man with 

 a gun. 



