THE SILVER PHEASANT 



In concluding the description of the Silver Pheasant it is 

 necessary to add that these birds vary somewhat in size, 

 especially the hen, but as a rule the average measurements 

 are those given by the author. 



Concerning prices, a cock and hen can usually be bought 

 for about a guinea, whilst the average number of eggs 

 produced by the hen is from ten to fourteen, and the hens are 

 good sitters and good mothers. The Tibio- Tarsal bones are 

 much finer in the female than in the male, and the leg scales 

 smaller. Under surface of the feet, white. 



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