INDEX 



331 



Jourdain, Rev. F. C. R., on 

 blackgame x pheasant 

 hybrids, 73 (footnote) 



Loaders, importance of trained, 

 288-90 



Malmesbury, 2nd Earl of, 



extract from shooting 



journals of, 87-91 

 Millais, Mr. J. G., quoted 10, 



29-31, 41, 67, 126 

 Millard, Mr. F. W., Game and 



Foxes, cited 131 

 Mongolian pheasant, the, 19- 



21 



Netherby, duck at, 304-6 

 Non-straying mixtures, doubt- 

 ful efficacy of, 236 



Partridges and pheasants, 58- 



60, 194, 204, 250-6 

 Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph, on 



high pheasants, 292-6 

 PHEASANT, THE and the 



farmer, 66-8 ; Amherst, 15 ; 



Bohemian, 71 ; Common, 



16-17 ; Chinese, 17-18 ; 



Japanese, 18-19 ; Monaul, 



13 ; Mongolian, 19-21 ; 



original home of the, 17 ; 



Prince of Wales, 22-5 ; 



Reeves, 25-31 ; Soemerring's 



(or Copper), 15 

 PHEASANT, LIFE HISTORY OP 



THE a casual mother, 57 ; 



as swimmer, 37 ; combats of 



males, 42 ; chicks, 55 ; 



courtship, 44 ; flight, 36-9 ; 



expectation of life, 61 ; food, 



62-7 ; habits, 35-6 ; hybrids 



with other birds, 72-4 ; 



incubation, 50-56 ; interior 



economy of, 69-70 ; on par- 

 tridge ground, 58, 194, 204, 

 249 ; polygamous nature, 

 42 ; roosting, 40 ; suppres- 

 sion of scent while sitting, 

 50 ; varieties in plumage, 

 71 ; voice, 39-42 ; weight, 

 61 



PHEASANTS as a test of marks- 

 manship, 211 ; cross breed- 

 ing of various species, 17-20 ; 

 distinction of true, 4 ; geo- 

 graphical distribution of, 4 ; 

 hybrids and their value, 31 ; 

 old laws protecting, 79 J 

 table of various true, with 

 differences from type, 8-9 ; 

 their place in the bird world, 

 2-3 ; varieties only suited 

 for aviaries, 11-16 



Pheasant, hand -reared. See 

 HAND-REARED PHEASANT 



Pheasant-hawking described, 

 80-82 



Pheasant - rearing, 215 ; 



methods of, 217-223 ; handy 

 manual of, 216 



Pheasant, the wild. See WILD 

 PHEASANT 



Prince of Wales pheasant, 

 the, 22-5 



Reariug-field, characteristics 

 of successful, 217-22 ; clean- 

 liness essential in, 218 ; 

 enemies of, 237 ; measures 

 to protect, 126-8 



Records, pheasant - shooting, 

 of no value, 99 



Reeves pheasant, the, 25-31 



Schlich, Professor, Manual of 



Forestry, cited 149 

 Shooting, early training in, 263 



