248 PHEASANTS 



SCALY LEG Scaly crusts on fore part of 



legs. 



SCROFULA (TUBEBCULOSIS OF Gradual emaciation. 

 LIVER). 



WORMS. No marked symptoms. 



In addition to the above formidable- 

 looking list of diseases, pheasants oc- 

 casionally suffer from a deadly form of 

 ophthalmia, an equally deadly epidemic 

 pneumonia, myiosis attributed to the 

 flesh-fly, and other troubles whose nature 

 has yet to be satisfactorily determined ; 

 in fact, expert and exhaustive inquiry 

 into the whole subject of the ailments of 

 the rearing -field would be most desir- 

 able, our present knowledge being very 

 limited. 



The fact, however, remains that the 

 keeper who takes no chances loses a 

 surprisingly small percentage of his 

 young birds ; only occasionally are his 

 methods of precaution overcome by un- 

 preventable catastrophe. Pheasants are 

 sometimes poisoned by eating yew, 



