70 MANAGEMENT OF PHEASANTS IN CONFINEMENT. 
certain to bring off a larger number of chicks than would result if the eggs were 
shifted under a farmyard hen. 
The vignette at the end of this chapter represents the head of a partridge 
with a perfectly formed claw growing from the loose skin in the centre of the 
lower jaw; owing to the kindness of Mr. A. H. Stokes-Roberts I had the opportunity 
of examining the bird shortly after it had been shot. The drawing was made from 
the specimen in a recent state. 
