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.