180 PHEASANTS 



Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). For dryer or sandy soils ; 

 indigenous. of somewhat slow growth 



in later years, but more 

 rapid than spruce or silver 

 in its earlier stages. 



These may be considered standard trees 

 for pheasants to roost in : but almost 

 any of the conifers whose growth is not 

 too dense, and whose branches approach 

 the horizontal, are well adapted for the 

 purpose; among such we may mention 

 the Sitka (or Menzies) — whose prickly 

 habit when young gives it a better chance 

 than most against rabbits — hemlock and 

 black spruces ; of the firs, Abies grandis, 

 Abies nobilis, Abies Nordmanniana, etc.; 

 many of the true pines, especially the 

 fast-growing Corsican pine (P. Laricio), 

 which is perhaps less subject to damage 

 from rabbits than the rest, and for this 

 reason should always be preferred to 

 the Austrian pine (P. austriaca) which 

 it somewhat closely resembles, but which 

 — although useful as a wind-break in 

 exposed situations — is of little value for 

 roosting and is freely attacked by rabbits ; 

 the Douglas fir {Pseudotsuga Douglasii) 



