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lowing its incubation, the bird W7*ought much havoc 

 among the Pheasants ; and the keeper, who in this 

 instance ^vas long-suffering and took great delight 

 in watching its habits, had reluctantly to shoot it 

 to save his brood. 



The first recorded hybrid is in White's Selhome, 

 and several are recorded in our own Proceedings, 

 The oil jDainting of White's bird was translated into 

 black-and-white, and given in the early editions of 

 the Selhorne. The original picture still hangs in the 

 house of the reverend author, which has become 

 sacred to all English-speaking pilgrims. In Yarrell's 

 Birds are figured two very interesting hybrids ; one 

 j)erched upon the branch of a tree is remarkable as 

 a rendering of the texture of feathers. 



The accompanying plate gives the massive 

 grandeur of the bird, and an excellent delineation 

 of the habitat of the species. It was executed by a 

 member of the Society from a drawing by Mr. John 

 M. Swan, who has made a reputation for himself as 

 a painter of animals, not only in France and 

 England but in Holland and New York. 



