ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOREIGN OOLOGY. 
Another sporting writer, who seems equally to appreciate the 
flayour of ‘roast Coolen,” remarks, that “ there are two spe- 
cies, the large and the small” (i.e, Grus cinerea and Grus 
virgo); “the former are rather scarce, but appear at the same 
time, and feed with their smaller brethren, Both make their 
appearance at the commencement of the cold weather, and depart 
at the same time as the wild fowl.- In a sporting sense, I am 
well acquainted with them, and will therefore do my best to 
describe how a good bag is to be made. In the first place, it is 
necessary to be on the ground by dawn of day; at this time, 
flight after flight wend their way towards the favourite feeding- 
grounds, and may be seen and heard (perhaps the latter before 
the former) at a considerable distance. To know their favourite 
food is a sign-post as to direction (day after day I have been to 
to the same fields and met with the same success). The great 
favourite in this part of the world is mote, a grain somewhat 
resembling in appearance unripe grain; and the earlier the sports- 
man appears in these fields, the better will be his bag. Bajra 
and jawa fields also often hold Coolen after the green is gathered ; 
the stalks are not cut till a much later period. The Coolen remain 
feeding till cight or nine A.M., and then proceed to the sands of 
a river or j’heel, remaining there as long as the sun’s beams are 
uncomfortably hot. About four P.M. they leave for the fields, 
and return after sundown to the sands for the night. It is usually 
very difficult to get a shot at mid-day, as they keep to an open 
space, are yery sly, and seem to comprehend a man’s intentions 
very quickly. It is their appetite which betrays them whilst 
feeding, or very few would be shot. By stratagem, however, I 
once surprised a large flock of these birds, at a small j’heel near 
Deeig, which was literally covered with them. I managed, by 
creeping unperceived through long grass surrounding the j’heel, 
to bag seven at a single discharge of my gun, loaded with No. 2 
cartridges. Loose shot is of no use whatever. I bagged seven 
as stated above, but not without considerable difficulty, even after 
they were on the ground, for about two-thirds were only wounded, 
and Coolen can both run and fight well, and these did both. The 
Coolen, when wounded, dies game, and his attitude of defence is 
very commendable. Instead of tamely submitting to his fate, he 
throws his long neck into the air, making it oscillate like a snake, 
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