Aviary Pheasants. 



Chinese, or Ring-necks, inveterate 



wandering of, 69, 71 

 Chipped eggs, how to treat, 25 

 Cleaning aviaries, 8 

 Colchicus, the true, 70 

 Collecting eggs, 19 

 Common pheasants, 61 



Breeding, 63 



Breeding, in inclosed runs left 

 open at top, 04 



Breeding, in pens, 63 



Care needed to prevent chicks 

 straying, 66 



Change in colours of, since 

 introduction, 62 



Colours of cocks, 6 1 



Colours of hens, 62 



Feeding, 65 



How to place coops for, 67 



Insect food for, 69 



Modes of feeding young birds, 

 68 



Moving coops to fresh ground, 

 67 



Number of hens to cock, 64 



Prolificacy of, 69 



Shelter for coops, 67 



Treatment of sitting hens, 66 



Treatment of young birds, 66 



Watching young birds, 68 



Water for, 68 



Weight and size of, 61 

 Concrete floors, 7 

 Coop and run, 13 

 Coops, 13 



Advantages of bottom boards 

 for, 14 



Cost of, 14 



Dimensions of, 13 



How best to change soiled 

 boards in, 15 



How to make, 13 



How to render vermin-proof, 14 



Use of netting for, 14 

 Cost of portable aviary, 12 

 Country-house, pheasants an at- 

 traction to the grounds of, I 

 Cramp, 79 



Creepers, planting, in front of per- 

 manent aviaries, 7 

 Crosses, 74 



Crosses, Amherst cock and gold 



hen, colours of, 74 

 Common pheasant and domes- 

 tic fowl, 75 

 Elliot and common pheasant, 



75 



Gold and common, 74 

 Reeves' and common pheasant, 



Results of various, 75 

 Silver and common fowl, 75 

 Scemmerring and common 



pheasant, 75 

 Cutting the wings of young birds, 31 



D. 



Damping eggs, 24 

 Diarrhoea in young birds, 3 1 

 Dimensions of coops, 13 



Of permanent aviary, 4 



Of portable aviary, 1 1 



Of runs, 14 

 Diseases, 77 



Cramp, 79 



Gapes, 77 



Fractures, 80 



Leg weakness, 80 



Lice, 8 1 



Ophthalmia, 79 



Roup, 78 



Scaly legs, 78 



Scrofula, 79 



Soft eggs, 8 1 

 Doors for aviaries, 8 

 Drainage of permanent aviary, 7 

 Drinking-water, tonic for, 17 

 Dust-bath, 8 



E. 



Egg-eating, plans to cure, 18 



The habit of, how acquired, 18 

 Varieties most addicted to, 18 



Egg-protector, advantages of using, 



2 5 



Christy's, 25 

 Use of, 25 

 Eggs, collecting, 19 

 Damping, 24 



