INDEX 



Hens, Broody, selection, 150 

 High-flying, 234 ; gamekeepers' opinions, 



23s 

 Hiiiory of the Earth and Animated 



Nature, mistake re Golden Pheasant, 82 

 Hodgson, B. 11.. specimens of Amherst 



Pheasant, 92 

 Holly, in coverts, 14 

 Hooded Crow, see Crow, Hooded 

 Horsfall, K. E., illustration of female 



Pheasant, 1 14 

 Housing, see Appliances 

 Hume's (Barred-backed) Pheasant, 81 

 Hybrids, 68 et seq. ; Elliot on, 29 ; pied, 



76 ; triple, 72 {see also under names of 



Pheasants) 

 Ihis, Tub. change of plumage described 



in, 114; Small Argus Pheasant described 



in, 105 

 Jlex Aqiiifolium, see Holly 

 Incubation, Artificial, 136, 141 

 Incubators, suitable makes, 137 

 Indian Corn, as food, 31 

 Ionian Islands, Common Pheasant in, 31 

 Ithagenes, see Blood Pheasant 



, Ctiientus, see Blood Pheasant 



, Geoffroyi, see Blood Pheasant, 



Geoff ry's 

 , Sinensis, see Blood Pheasant, 



Northern 

 Ivy poisoning, 284 

 Jackdaw, 203 



Japan, Soemmerring's Pheasant in, 55 

 Japanese Pheasant, 60 et seq. ; influence, 



68 ; introduction, 62 ; Mongolian cross, 



38, 72 ; hybrids, 37, 61 



Jay, 194 



Jones, Walter, records late hatching, 155 

 Kalagk Phkasant, see Silver Pheasant 

 Labourers, egg stealing by, 125, 126 

 Lane's Hawk trap, 199 

 Larch, conducive to poaching, 21 ; as 



roosting-place, 14, 19 

 Laurel, in coverts, 17 

 Lead poisoning, shots cause, 282 

 Leadbeater, Benjamin, on Amherst 



Pheasant, 91 

 Legg, George, on high-flying, 237 

 Lice, 152, 249 

 Lilford, Lord, on Black-necked Pheasant, 



22 ; on Common Pheasant, 31 ; on 



Crow, 200; on Jackdaw, 203 

 Linnseus, Golden Pheasant mentioned by, 82 

 Liver, diseases of, 269 

 Luro River, Common Pheasant observed, 31 

 Macgillivray, on Ring-necked Pheasant, 



72 

 Magpie. 191 

 Male plumage, see Plumage 



Mallard, female assuming male plumage, 



114 

 Manchurian Eared Pheasant, see Eared 



Pheasant, Manchurian 

 Medhurst, introduction of Reeves' Phea- 

 sant by, 49 

 Ateliis Tax us, see Badger 

 Mice, 212 



Mongolia, Hagenbeck's Pheasant in, 66 

 Mongolian Pheasant, 37 et seq. ; hybrids, 



3^, 4l,_6i, 68,72 

 Montagu's Harrier, see Hawk 

 Morris, B. R., on Common Pheasant, 28 ; 



on coverts, 18; on Ring - necked 



Pheasant, 23 

 Mycosis of respiratory tract, 260 

 Natukai. HisiORY, study by game- 

 keepers, 1S8 

 Naumann, on Common Pheasant, 32 

 Nests, 35 

 Norfolk, coverts, excellence of, 20 ; 



Japanese and Common Cross in, 60 

 Northamptonshire, pure bred Common 



Pheasant in, 23 

 Northern Blood Pheasant, see Blood 



Pheasant, Northern 

 Oak, food value, 15; in Gloucestershire, 



21 ; slow growth, 17 

 Old English Pheasants, 22 

 Ophthalmia, 275 

 Pairing, 35 

 Parasitic Affections, 254 

 Pens, I2t)e/ seq. : (ill.), 227 

 Persia, Prince of Wales Pheasant in, 42 

 Pests, iSy et seq. (.f^^ also under names) 

 Phasiantis Colchicus.see Common Pheasant 

 Decollatiis, see Chinese Pheasant, 



Ringless 



Elegans, see Stone's Pheasant 



Elliott, see Elliot's (Barred- backed) 



Pheasant 



Forinosanus. see Formosan Pheasant 



Hagenbecki,see Hagenbeck's Pheasant 



Mongolicus, see Mongolian Pheasant 



Principalis, see Prince of Wales 



Plieasant 



Reevesii, see Reeves' Pheasant 



Shawii, see Shaw's Pheasant 



Sa'inwerringii, see Scemmerring's 



Pheasant 



Torquatus, see Chinese Pheasant 



Versicolor, see Japanese Pheasant 



Phasis River, name " Pheasant" derived 



from, 22 

 Pheasant, in England, 30, 31 ; habits, iS ; 



origin, 30 (see also under names) 

 Phuler, H., on pheasantry i/. wild eggs, 121 

 Pica Rustica, see Magpie 

 Pied Pheasant, 76 



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