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PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



interbreed freely with any species of pheasants already 

 introduced, and from their great size, excellent edible qualities, 

 and gorgeous coloration, would be grand and most acceptable 

 additions to our coverts and well repay the trouble incurred 

 in their importation. 



The vignette shows the head of a singular variety of the 

 common pheasant which occasionally appears in the coverts 

 at Elsenham and elsewhere ; it bears a remarkable resemblance 

 to P. alpherakyi, which has not yet been introduced into 

 Europe in a living state. 



