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the northern parts of both continents, after pass- 

 ing the summer in which, it migrates southwards. 

 It also occurs in England, but does not appear to 

 remain with us all the winter, the few that have 

 been seen towards that season having been observed 

 only in the course of their migrations. The Bed- 

 necked Phalarope breeds in the Orkney and Shet- 

 land Islands, where it inhabits the margin of the 

 lakes, near the edge of which it forms its nest in 

 the grass, depositing in it four eggs of a light olive 

 or oil-green colour, spotted with brownish black. 

 It swims with great ease, but is incapable of diving. 

 It has also been seen out at sea among floating 

 seaweed. It feeds on insects, Crustacea, and worms. 



PHEASANT, KING-NECK. 



BOHEMIAN PHEASANT. 

 PHA.SIANUS COLCHICUS, Lin. 



The *Pheasant is now found numerously distri- 

 buted throughout a great part of Europe. In its 

 native haunts in Asia it is very abundant ; and, 

 although not a native of this country, is now 

 generally dispersed in Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Naturalized as it is, in some manner, in this country, 

 it could not subsist with us were it left to its own 

 resources, and is therefore nourished in preserves. 

 The males generally keep by themselves in winter, 



