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gun-room. Our own experience is that thirteen 
ounces is a fair average weight for young birds in 
good condition. Mr. Tegetmeier says that twelve 
ounces is about the usual weight. He has, however, 
recorded a much heavier bird, a young male, which 
turned the scales at seventeen ounces. This bird 
had been killed by Mr. Mann’s shooting party in 
the north-west of Norfolk, and was obtained on Sep- 
tember 26.! 
1 Field, October 7, 1893 
