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just before the dog's nose till she had 

 drawn him to a considerable distance, when 

 she took wing and flew still farther off, but 

 not out of the field : on this the dog re- 

 turned to me, near which place the young 

 ones lay concealed in the grass, which the 

 old bird no sooner perceived than she flew 

 back again to us, settled just before the 

 dog's nose again, and by rolling and tum- 

 bling about drew ofl'his attention from her 

 young, and thus preserved her brood a 

 second time. I have also seen, when a kite 

 has been hovering over a covey of young 

 partridges, the old birds fly up at the bird 

 of prey, screaming and fighting with all 

 their might to preserve their brood. 



Markwick. 



A HYBRID PHEASANT. 



Lord Stawell sent me from the great 

 lodge in the Holt a curious bird for my 

 inspection. It was found by the spaniels 

 of one of his keepers in a coppice, and 



