CHAPTER XVI. 



THE COMMON PHEASANT 



(Phastanus colchicus}. 



Weight and Size Colours of Cock Colours of Hen 

 Change of Colour since Introduction Colours of 

 the Wild Bird Pens: Site and Soil for ; Con- 

 struction of ; Shelter in Number of Hens to 

 Cock Another System for Pens Pinioning and 

 Cutting Wings Doors for Pens Building Pens 

 in Blocks Feeding Hatching Where Best to 

 Place Coops Young Birds Wandering Change 

 of Ground for Rearing Coops: Shelter for; 

 Moving Watching the Birds Feeding the Young 

 Water Insect Food The Chinese or Ring-neck 

 Prolificacy of the Common Pheasant Desirable 

 Varieties for the Game Preserver The True 

 P. colchicus Elliot 1 's " Monograph of Pheasants " 

 The Wallichii or Cheer Pheasant. 



' S yet I have not written anything with refer- 

 ence to the common pheasant. The male 

 j^ weighs about 3lb., and is 3ft. in length. Bill 

 pale yellowish horn-colour; irides yellow; sides of the 

 head bare ; the face crimson, minutely speckled with 



