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again, and touch three or four more in the 

 same manner before they atiempi to secure 

 any of them. 



In this way they catch all sorts of small birds 

 not much larger than quail, on the ground and 

 in trees. If a brown or black partridge an- 

 swers their call, instead of bird-lime,, they fas- 

 ten a horse hair noose to the top of their rod, 

 and when they are close to the birds, they keep 

 dipping the top of their rod with considerable 

 skill until they fasten the noose on one of 

 their necks, they then draw him in and go on 

 catching others in the same way. It is sur- 

 prising to see with what cool perseverance 

 they proceed. In a similar manner they catch 

 all kinds of birds, nearly the size of partridges. 



There are five different species of partridges 

 in Ramghur, the common brown partridge in 

 appearance is very like the English partridge ; 

 they occasionly fly into trees and always roost 

 in them. The long legged partridge is some- 

 what like the French partridge. The black 



