NIDE

—is the term sportingly applied to the offspring or produce of the COCK and HEN PHEASANT , so long as they continue to clutch or brood together, before they separate, and are able to provide for themselves. To be technically correct, it is usual to say, a nide of PHEASANTS ; a covey of PARTRIDGES ; a clutch of CHICKENS ; a setting of GULLS ; and a brood of DUCKS .