20 WILD LIFE IN CHINA. 



travel seems to affect a considerable number at the same time, 

 and then a flight may last for some hours, the birds dropping 

 in singly all the time. Similarly they may all disappear at the 

 same time. There is on record a bag of 102 'cock shot in 

 one day by a single gun, and that an old fint-lock. It was 

 made as the result of a bet by Lord Clermont, County Cavan, 

 Ireland. He wagered 300 guineas that he would shoot 100 

 woodcock in a single day on his Irish marshes. Between 2 

 and 3 p.m. the task was completed with a brace to spare. 



