PRACTICAL 



GAME PRESERVING. 



CHAPTER I. PHEASANTS. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



T^EFORE undertaking the introduction of a head of game 

 J j on an estate, the preserver should acquire an intimate 

 knowledge of the natural habits of the bird or animal which 

 it may be desired to maintain in large numbers, and in 

 order to obtain such insight into its habits and favourite 

 haunts, nothing less than actual observation of the life it 

 leads in a natural state will suffice. One can certainly 

 acquire from books written by practical hands a large 

 amount of the information necessary, but there are many 

 peculiarities of the pheasant, and, indeed, of all our game- 

 birds, that will only become apparent to the close observer 

 of nature. Although the particular kind of pheasant which 



