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estates, where it thrives and affords good sport. The pheasant, 

 indeed, displays a remarkable ability in catering for itself and 

 discovering its natural food, even under ground, as gardeners 

 have good reason to know. We have known almost whole 

 collections of lily and other bulbs dug up and eaten during 

 winter by a few pheasants, where there was nothing to indicate 

 their whereabouts but the labels, while large seeds, like broad 

 beans, dibbled in three inches deep and well covered, they 

 unerringly find, unearthing each bean in succession almost as 

 regularly as they are put in. The list of fruits and seeds, etc., 

 which the pheasant eats is also an extensive one. According 

 to Mr. Tegetmeir and other authorities, it eats w r ith avidity 

 nearly all kinds of seeds that the gardener and farmer sow 

 wild grasses, grass and weed seeds of various kinds, roots, 

 numerous wild and garden fruits, herbs, insects, worms, grubs, 

 acorns, beech mast, and hazel nuts ; in fact, the pheasant will 

 not starve while it can get grass to eat. We propose to 

 augment this supply of food by furnishing coverts more 

 plentifully, and in a different way than hitherto, with the 

 various trees and plants that bear fruits and seeds and are 

 known to grow anywhere in open spaces such as pheasants 

 love to haunt, and the following descriptive list of these is here 

 given, also the names of a few shade-bearing subjects suitable 

 for dense woods. How we propose to establish masses of the 

 subjects named in the following list will be shown further on. 



SECTION III. LIST OF TREES AND SHRUBS THAT PRODUCE 

 SEEDS AND FRUITS EATEN BY PHEASANTS. 



OAK. Acorns shed on the ground in autumn and early 

 winter, and greedily eaten by pheasants and rabbits. 



BEECH. The same as the oak. Good shade-bearer in 

 dense woods. 



COMMON CRAB. Very abundant fruit-bearer. When the 

 fruit begins to drop on to the ground it is readily eaten by 

 pheasants ; should be planted extensively in coverts. 



HAWTHORN. Bears heavy crops of haws regularly and 

 abundantly, which are shed gradually during the winter, and 

 much relished by birds. 



MOUNTAIN ASH. Rarely misses a crop of fruit. Berries 

 much eaten by birds. 



ELDERBERRY. Bears heavy crops of fruit annually. Fruit 

 devoured by game and other birds. 



HOLLY. Berries eaten to a moderate extent by birds. 

 The tree is one of the best shade-bearers, and may be planted 

 extensively as underwood. 

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