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PHEASANTS. 



as they like the tall stems, and soon learn to pick 

 up the green grains, taking care to shift them with 

 the sun, and guard them from cold winds. They 

 ought not to he released in the morning hefore the 

 sun is up, and they must he shut in with the hen in 

 good time in the evening. When they are old 

 enough, those that are to he turned out wild ought to 

 be taught to perch. This is done by tying a string to 

 the hen's leg, and obliging her to sit in a tree all 

 night. She should be placed there before sunset, 

 and if she falls down, she must be perseveringly 

 replaced, till she become contented with her situa- 

 tion; then the young birds will follow the hen, and 

 perch with her, and in a few days will shift for 

 themselves. If regularly fed, they will remain near 

 any particular spot, and frequent a lawn or pleasure- 

 ground as familiarly, and almost as fearlessly, as 

 common poultry. An ingenious feeding-machine has 

 been made, by which the grain may not only be kept 



Box for feeding Pheasants. 



