INDEX. 



A. 



Adaptability of pheasants for breed- 

 ing and rearing in towns, I 



Amherst and his tail, the, 85 



Amhersts, Lady, 39 



Screeching notes of, 85 



Aviaries, a walk round my, 84 

 Cleaning, 8 

 Doors for, 8 

 Permanent, 4 



Permanent, dimensions of, 4 

 Permanent drainage of, 7 

 Permanent-erecting, 4-8 

 Permanent, perches for, 8 

 Permanent, planting shrubs in 



front of. 7 



Permanent, shape of, 4 

 Permanent, soil for, 4 

 Portable, 9, 1 1 

 Portable, cost of, 12 

 Portable, dimensions of, 1 1 

 Portable, ior \oung birds, 12 

 Portable, how to make, 1 1 

 Water for, 1 1 



B. 



Baskets for packing birds, 82 



For packing, furnishing and 

 fitting, 83 



Beauty of Golds, 2 



Birds, catching, 82 



Eating eggs, plans to cure, 18 

 Method of handling, 82 



Birds, packing, 82 



When to obtain, 3 

 Bottom boards for coops, advan- 

 tages of, 14 

 Breeding, 17 



And rearing in towns, adapta- 

 bility of pheasants for, I 



And rearing Reeves', 47, 48 



Golds, 36 



Lady Amhersts, 40 



Pens for common pheasants, 

 erecting, 63 



Pens for common pheasants, 

 shelter for, 63, 64 



Pens for common pheasants, 

 site and soil for, 63 



The common pheasant, 63 



Time for, 3 



C. 



Calls of the different varieties, 84 



Capital required for keeping and 

 breeding pheasants, small, 3 



Catching birds, 82 

 Birds, net for, 82 



Chickens, feeding, 29 



Straying, how to prevent, 30 

 Treatment of, immediately after 



hatching, 26 

 When and how to feed, 30 



Chinese, 71 



Abundant laying powers of, 7 1 

 Colours of a pure specimen, 72 

 Origin of specific name of, 7 1 



