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PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



Hedgehogs are undoubtedly destructive to eggs as well as 

 to the young birds, and should be trapped in coverts in which 

 pheasants are reared. 



Among the other enemies to young pheasants that attack 

 them occasionally may be mentioned adders, and even farm- 

 yard ducks that have gained access to the coops. 



The vignette represents the head of a pheasant in which 

 the upper mandible has been shot away; nevertheless, the 

 bird when killed was in good condition. 



