GAME, AQUATIC, AND KAPACIOUS BIRDS. 



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beetle, grapevine leaf -bee tie, May beetles, grasshoppers, cotton 

 worms, army worms, cutworms, the red-humped apple caterpillar, 

 and sawfly larvae. w. L. M. 



INTRODUCED PHEASANTS. 



(Phasianus torquatus and P. colchicus.) 



While introduced pheasants may hardly seem to deserve a place 

 on a list of common birds, the extent to which they are being imported 

 and propagated in _ 



the United States 

 makes it desirable 

 that information be 

 made available as 

 to their fe eding 

 habits when liber- 

 a t e d . Ringneck 

 pheasants (fig. 4) 

 have long been es- 

 tablished in Ore- 

 gon, Washington, 

 and British Colum- 

 bia, and are less 

 common in the wild 

 state in Massachu- 

 setts, New York, 

 Indiana, and Kan- 

 sas. But persist- 

 ent efforts, in some 

 cases on a very 

 large scale, are be- 

 ing made to estab- 

 lish pheasants in 

 other States, and 

 the farmers whose 

 land they are likely 

 to range over 

 should have access 

 to information con- 

 cerning their eco- 

 nomic value. 



Severe criticism 



Of pheasants and FIG. 4.-Ringneck pheasant. 



fulsome praise are about equal in volume. The birds are accused 

 of digging newly planted and sprouting corn, oats, barley, and beans, 

 and seeds of melons, cucumbers, and squashes. It is claimed that 



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