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LEWIS'S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



SMALL WILD-FOWL, OR SHORE-BIRDS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



A flock of. A couple and a half of. 



A couple of. 



REED-BIRDS AND RAILS. 



A flock of reed-birds. To get up a rail. 



A dozen of reed-birds. To mark a rail. 



Five, ten, fifteen, or twenty rails. 



A brace of hares. 

 A leash of hares. 



HARES. 



To start or move a hare. 



LARGE WILD-FOWL. 



A flock, team, or badelynge of wild A flock of teal. 



ducks. A s^ang of brent. 



A company or trip of wild ducks. A whiteness of swans. 

 A gaggle or flock of geese. 



