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TECHNICAL TERMS. 



A brace of black game. 



A leash of black game, 



A pack of black game. 



To raise a black cock or pack. 



A brace of grouse. 



A leash of grouse. 



A brood or pack of grouse. 



To raise grouse. 



A brace and a half of partridges. 



A brace of partridges. 



A covey of partridges; 



To spring partridges, 



A brace of quail. 



A brace and a half of quail. 



A bevey of quaiL 



To raise quails. 



A brace of pheasants. 



A leash of pheasants. 



A ni (or nid) or brood of pheasants. 



A couple of woodcocks. 



A couple and a half of woodcocks. 



A flight of woodcocks. 



To flush a woodcock. 



A couple of snipes. 



A couple and a half of snipes. 



A wisp of snipe. 



To spring a snipe. 



A team of wild ducks. 



A gaggle or flock of geese. 



A wing of plover. 



A trip of dottrell, 



A couple of pointers or setters. 



A leash of pointers or setters. 



A couple of spaniels. 



A couple and a half of spaniels. 



A brace of hares. 



A leash of hares. 



To start or move a hare. 



To push or spring a pheasant. 



A pair A couple A brace. A pair is two united by nature (par); 

 a couple by an occasional chain (copula) ; and a brace, by a noose or tie. 

 A pair of swans. A couple of hounds. A brace of partridges a pair 

 is male and female ; a couple, two accidental companions ; a brace, tied 

 together by the sportsman. He keeps a pair of pheasants in the hen 

 roost. We saw a couple of pheasants feeding on the bank. You shot 

 a brace of partridges. 



