y.jifir, ;njq lu ^rifnijju-bjmusSc;' (gGc b;!fie dO') bl’A/XE XIC 
bX'/KWieVM 
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o|»«i 3 t of |>eyc'h^iig om the great graitl^k, 
'grtWsi'd they love to freqiHwat;,,; 
eifei m si 5 smr»s* may often be seen in 
^>hmr lifr-sn^c asd seldom tailing flight till on® 
ekwxHii vihey ’w^tdi over the welfare of .ts.vi;, 
^isawittiiigiy bcstray it« presence » ' . . 
r*P' 5 ly"Oose, ptarmfgaa leed, reg-olarly in the morning i«i'; 
## s|»t pm’pos# f|et5VJ:aily seek the. lower grounds, 1,000 
^ tli'53' tops., wliicli they f,rec|.yent during the rest of the day. 
M Mim^ m m to oMaJa a better and more 
'4 dsiVA mey are fond of basking among the rock^ 
toy dlff-st tbdf morning’a meal. The ptarmigan Is an extraordi-^ 
terdf Mtd, sin4 a adjected by sever© weather even less than the red: • 
5 it i.'S'Osrdy Ife wittier and in very heavy ffxiow-'stomis that they lea-vc- 
ih^ : 5 |iaoPiy tcjps lor' a ftcmiewlikt lower elevation. Even in such weathc*' 
toy constantly burro^v in the snow in search of idod, their snowy breaf^t^^ 
beriming cnrionsly discoloured as if by soot, so much so that the birds 'ioo^fe 
m tongh they had been living in the pro:s^isBity of some large tovni. • 
IJvtvitos. ptnrmigan is mhtom practicable, owing to the difficult nature 
0ms^4 they frequent, but h\ some places in Scotland where it U 
■ hmn ait&mpied, b®gs have been mads, and as mafi^i- 
m 'fetJtw 'kdfe^l iB day.: Th$y' best shot over dogi*.. 
Ib l^ne weather, when grhss.®. 
views, iMm- an oil day ate 
pmti&dtsss^. - ^ teisd, gigneraliy a. delightful 
•■f| tS’®' ptf^x 3 :dga.n ’M this coimtry are thv 
fox, the goidesa c-s?-#'., w mmm ibe peregrine. Foxes levy- % 
heavy toll on th^ir . Vyal:' ,%f theih most dreaded enemy is t:|i.<fe' 
g^kdea eagle, which. Ik tIsMB*'' heating and drlvlist 
them with a skill and kPrn^mm-' ha'blts which renders- 
almost i:«3.|?ossible, * 
• Ftamilgaa ar-Oi. hovreverv by kbooiing tenants, exccp.>p 
• ' mm mu4 agala on an oH ii^f. Idlled bf eagles do m- 
illm'lrJsh tlvak sHBrnlmfi- of. deer-forests W'e.:- 
this Idilirig oil of -pUicmipmn- 
:s4 bkm hares, which so oftve 
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