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pheasant is bold and audacious. The former spend 
their time in the deepest thickets, only venturing forth 
in search of food; the latter chooses the open fields 
and pastures; the native birds depend for escape on 
flight and hiding in deepest woods; the Chinese pheas- 
ant is strong of wing and expert in hiding in the 
scantiest cover, his chief reliance for escape being his 
long, swift legs. A first shot at one of the native birds 
Ruffed Grouse or “Native Pheasant,” generally found in damp thickets in mid- 
day or at the edge of a field in the early morning or late afternoon. 
and he is helpless, but you are never really sure of the 
Chinese pheasant until you have broken both legs and 
both wings. These qualities of the native birds have 
made them an easy prey to the dog and the modern 
shotgun. This, combined with their timidity, to my 
mind, solves the mystery and accounts for their grad- 
ual disappearance. I do not deny that possibly a few 
native birds have been killed by the Chinese pheasants, 
but I most seriously question if this has been a con- 
trolling factor. I have never heard of any actual 
cases. 
“T am satisfied that even had the Chinese pheasant 
never been introduced, the native grouse and quail 
would have been just as scarce in the Willamette Val- 
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