Part 3

METHODS OF SHOOTING THE RED GROUSE 235

THE LATEST METHODS OF PRESERVATION OF PARTRIDGES 246

PARTRIDGE BAGS AND DRIVING 259

VARIETIES AND SPECIES OF THE PHEASANT 267

PHEASANTS 274

BRINGING PHEASANTS TO THE GUNS 292

SHOOTING WILD DUCKS ARTIFICIALLY REARED 302

WILD WILD-DUCK 308

RABBIT SHOOTING 318

HARES 323

SNIPE 329

WOODCOCKS 335

BLACK GAME 341

PIGEON SHOOTING 347

DEER IN SCOTLAND 354

BIG GAME 358

A VARIED BAG 361

DISEASES OF GAME BIRDS 370

INDEX 377

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

H.M. THE KING AS A BOY Frontispiece

From a photograph lent by ERIC PARKER, Esq.

COL. THORNTON’S PLUTO (BLACK) AND JUNO, BY GILPIN, SHOWING WHOLE-COLOURED POINTERS SIMILAR IN FORMATION TO THOSE OF SUTTON SCARSDALE TO-DAY Facing page vi

From Daniel’s Rural Sports, 1802.

WARTER PRIORY. LORD SAVILE SHOOTING 〃 32

From a photograph by Mr. H. LAZENBY, York.

WITH PLENTY OF FREEDOM FOR GOOD LATERAL SWING 〃 63

TAKING A STEP BACK WITH THE LEFT FOOT AS THE SHOT IS FIRED SAVES THE BALANCE WHEN THE GAME HAS PASSED FAR OVERHEAD BEFORE BEING SHOT AT 〃 66