332 



PHEASANTS 



Shoot, points to be considered 



in taking h, 297-9 

 Soemerring's pheasant, the, 15 

 Spaniels, used for hawking and 

 shooting pheasants, 80-83 



Under-oover — difficulties in 

 providing, 172 ; forest trees 

 underplanted as, 188-9 ; 

 fruit-bearing plants, list of, 

 183-5 ; fruit-bearing plants, 

 light and air essential to, 

 177 ; grasses as, 189 ; im- 

 portance of quick -grow- 

 ing, 179 ; natural and 

 induced, 176-7 ; non-fruiting 

 plants suitable for, 186-8 

 rabbits and, 178 ; shade 

 bearers a misnomer, 176 

 snowberry as, 177 ; willows 

 as, 182 



Vermin — badger, 241 ; jay. 



238 ; kestrel, 240 ; magpie, 

 238 ; mice, 238 ; old pheas- 

 ants as, 242 ; otter, 241 ; 

 worst types of, 241 



Water for pheasants, 164 

 Wild Pheasant, The — at 

 Gorhambury, 198-202 ; a 

 healthy bird, 71 ; cultivation 

 generally necessary for, 208 ; 

 distribution of, 194-5 ; en- 

 couragement of, 196-7 ; 

 feeding of, 197, 204; growing 

 demand for, 198 ; in Gallo- 

 way, 202-4 ; his status in 

 Britain, 191-3 ; laying out 

 a wood for, 205-7 ; limited 

 area available for, 194-5 ; 

 shelter in winter for, 196 

 Woods, general management 

 of, 146-7 ; stored coppice, 

 149-53. See also Game- 

 Coverts 



THE END 



Pt-inted by R. & R. Ci.akk, Limiteo, Edinhtirgh. 



