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BIRD-LIFE. 
wait for it at the “playing” ground; the woods are driven 
for it; it is caught in Partridge nets, springes, nooses, 
and other traps; in short, a hundred means are made 
use of to capture this delicate bird. Adult birds may be 
caught and tamed, living for years in confinement if 
properly managed : they are pleasing, from their activity 
and the variety of their postures, but they always remain 
timid and shy. Young birds are far too tender to allow 
of their being reared. Yet much might perhaps be done 
towards repopulating our mountains with this bird, if 
tamed adult birds were turned down in suitable localities, 
or eggs placed under sitting Partridges or black game. 
