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(3) Shooting, by Lord Walsingham and Sir R. 



Payne Gallwey (Badminton Library). 



(4) The Pheasant, by A. Stuart Wortley and 



others (Fur, Feather, and Fin Series). 



(5) Practical Game Preserving, by W. Carnegie. 



(6) Sport, by W. Bromley Davenport. 



( 7 ) The Gamekeeper at Home, by Richard J efferies. 



(8) Pheasants, by W. B. Tegetmeier. 



(9) Letters to Young Shooters, by Sir R. Payne 



Gallwey. 



(10) Shooting, by Horace Hutchinson and others, 

 (n) The Forester, by Brown and Nisbet. 



(12) Sport in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scot- 



land, by Tom Speedy. 



(13) Birds of Norfolk, by Henry Stevenson. 

 With these at his command, no keeper can say that 



he has not heard the best words on the subject, and will 

 hardly require the more or less superficial study which 

 we propose to make. 



On no subject of sport is there less room for being 

 dogmatic than on the rearing of pheasants. Experi- 

 ence is the best teacher, and methods vary according to 

 the climate, position, particular breed of birds, and many 

 other circumstances, which alter methods in different 

 localities. The one subject which must be insisted 

 upon, and on which there is no difference of opinion, is 

 cleanliness, pure water, pure food, and above all that the 

 | ground on which the pheasants are reared must be clean, 

 \ and not overstocked with chicks. Coops should be 



