38 Aviary Pheasants. 



One hen is generally kept to each cock. The adult 

 cocks are frequently extremely pugnacious, and will 

 attack anyone entering their aviary. I have seen one 

 repeatedly fly at his feeder, and spur his legs; in one 

 instance, the man tried to beat the cock with his cap, 

 and the bird split the cap open with its spur. Silvers 

 are easily brought up to feed with the fowls, and I 

 have known them perfectly tame in a farmyard, feeding 

 with the poultry. The Silver pheasant is a very long- 

 lived bird in captivity. It is useless as a sporting 

 bird, and I never knew anyone to eat it. Silvers 

 are, probably, the least valuable of any aviary phea- 

 sants. 



Feed the young exactly as you do the young of 

 other pheasants; they are very hardy, and, with 

 ordinary attention, will present no difficulties in rearing. 



