138 VARIETIES BREEDING INSTRUCTIONS. 



soon associate with the pheasants, and be trodden 

 by the cocks. Hybrids, or mules, between the 

 pheasant and black grouse, have been occasionally 

 found on the moors. Hybrids, an exception to 

 Nature's ordinary rule, will occasionally procreate. 



The best known VARIETIES of the pheasant, are 

 the GOLDEN, the SILVER, the PEACOCK or SPOTTED, 

 and the COMMON EUROPEAN or ENGLISH, generally 

 brown, with a less brilliancy of colouring. Mr. Cas- 

 tang, however, enumerates six distinct varieties, ex- 

 clusive of the common, as follow: the GOLD and 

 SILVER, natives of China, and very hardy in this 

 country, and good breeders. The RING-NECKS, na- 

 tives of Tartary, bred in China, very scarce; their 

 plumage very beautiful. The WHITE and PIED ; 

 both sorts will intermix readily with our common 

 breed, as will the BOHEMIAN, one of the most beau- 

 tiful of its kind, and equally scarce. The GOLDEN 

 variety is generally of the highest price, the com- 

 mon most hardy, and of the largest size. 



Instructions for breeding Pheasants. By P. CAS- 

 TANG, Son-in-law and Manager to the late JOSHUA 

 BROOKS. 



EGGS being provided, put them under a hen that 

 has kept the nest three or four days ; and if you set 

 two or three nests on the same day, you will have 

 the advantage of shifting the good eggs. At the 

 end of ten or twelve days, throw away those that 



