CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I. Why Breed Pheasants? 1 



CHAPTER II. The Ringneck Its Evolution and Introduction 

 into the United States First Steps in Pheasant 

 Breeding 6 



CHAPTER III. Preparing for the Breeding Season 16 



CHAPTER IV Preparing for the Hatch Nest Boxes and Nest- 

 ing Coops 21 



CHAPTER V. From the Commencement of Incubation to Pip- 

 ping 27 



CHAPTER VI. Taking Off the Hatch 30 



CHAPTER VII. The Rearing Field 32 



CHAPTER VIII. Locating Broods in Rearing Field 35 



CHAPTER IX. Feeding Pheasants in the Rearing Field 41 



CHAPTER X. Combatting Vermin 48 



CHAPTER XI. Disease and Its Prevention 57 



CHAPTER XII. Distribution of the Pheasants of the United States . 61 



CHAPTER XIII. Pheasants other than Chinese and Ringneck 68 



CHAPTER XIV. Breeding of Pheasants other than the Ringneck 



and Chinese 74 



CHAPTER XV. Marketing the Pheasant 76 



CHAPTER XVI. Establishing and Holding Birds on Preserves 

 Common Causes of Failure Pheasant Shoot- 

 ing Breaking Dogs to Pheasants 84 



CHAPTER XVII. Drive Shooting Washington's Unique Plan of 

 Stocking Public Coverts Planting Broods 

 with Their Foster Mothers 92 



CHAPTER XVIII. How to Organize Co-operatively for Successful 



Pheasant Shooting 99 



CHAPTER XIX. The State's Interest in Game Propagation 112 



CHAPTER XX. Game Keepers 117 



CHAPTER XXI. The Economic Position of the Ringneck 120 



CHAPTER XXII. Preparing the Pheasant for the Table 124 



APPENDIX. Game Club Constitution. . . 126 



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