188 PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



if properly fed. Coming from the rough climate of China aod 

 Southern Siberia, they suffer more from the heat in July and 

 August than from the most severe winter weather." 



These directions will afford considerable assistance to 

 many pheasant rearers in districts were ants' eggs are not 

 abundant, and there is not the slightest doubt that the 

 information given in the valuable account extracted from 

 the Massachusetts Commission will be of great interest to 

 all pheasant rearers. It is essential, however, that maggots 

 should not be fed to the young birds fresh from the decom- 

 posed flesh on which they have been feeding, but should be 

 placed in loose dry earth or other material in which they 

 clean themselves of impurities. Otherwise they will some- 

 times cause scouring in the chicks, to which, in any case, they 

 should be given somewhat sparingly. 



