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PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. From the picture at 

 Thlrkleby (4 ft. 2 in. x 3 /.), painted by William 

 Carter, 1885, and exhibited in Ruyal Academy, 1886 



frontispiece 



FRONT SIDE OF A PHEASANT PEN, SHOWING WIRE AND 



WOOD WORK . 40 



3.1 



HOW TO SECURE THE FRAMEWORK AND WIRE OF A 



PHEASANT PEN 41 



4. GROUND PLAN OF FENCE WHICH SURROUNDS THE PEN . 42 



5. CORNER OF A PEN, SHOWING THE FENCE OF BOUGHS 



AND A HIDING PLACE 42 



6. ROOSTING PERCH FOR PLACING INSIDE A PEN . . 43 



7. EXAMPLE OF CONSTRUCTION OF PENS SO AS TO ECONO- 



MISE SPACE 44 



8. GROUND PLAN OF A PHEASANT AVIARY WITH SIX PENS 45 



9. AVIARY OF SIX PENS, COMPLETE 45 



Id. SELF-ACTING TRAP OF CORD NETTING FOR TAKING 



YOUNG OR FULL-GROWN PHEASANTS ALIVE . . 59 



11. COOP WITH SLIDING FRONT FOR CATCHING WILD PHEA- 



SANTS ALIVE 61 



12. NESTING BOX, FOR SETTING FARM HENS IN ON PHEA- 



78 



13. NESTING BOXES WITH COVERED RUNS . . . .79 



14. NESTING BOX, WITH LID OPEN, THROUGH WHICH THE 



HKX IS PLACED ON THE EGGS, OR REMOVED . . 79 



