INDEX 3 
Acorns injurious in confinement......... page 53 
MAREE SUTIN, J, 5x TSe Mes sv ow mmndiaees cost 41 
PATAN BPS PRGAREMG p.6cK ans nasey sees ones sovbescese 121 
PRPS. TIUCHRANE 20h odoukdeny seve eFivacs cesees 134 
Aviaries, pheasants adapted for ............... 113 
Barnes, Mr. J., on feeding in coverts 
Bartlett, Mr., on rearing young pheasants... 73 
Bartlett, Mr., on Semmerring’s Pheasant... 103 
Bartlett, Mr., on the transport of pheasants 139 
Baskets for transporting pheasants ......... 60 
Bennett, Dr., on Reeves’s Pheasant ......... 108 
Blindness in young pheasants.................. 86 
Blyth, Mr. Ed., on call-note of Reeves’...... 110 
Bohemian Pheasants..............sccecsceeeesenes 91 
ISGTIES WCLOSHOG: USO)OLItuat avec et uccseseeee neon 54 
Carbolic: acid for gapes ..............eeccsscnee 85 
Carreau, Mons., on the Amherst Pheasant... 122 
Carr-Ellison, Mr., on formation of coverts... 25 
Catarrh in pheasants ...............seceeeeeeees 81 
Cats destructive to pheasants .................. 49 
ChaTIeseh pMeBRANUES ew cneacs deoeses ae to aspacaes 94. 
Cobbold, Dr. Spencer, on gapes..............5 82 
Cock pheasants sitting ,........,.........ecsecee 11 
Cocks, proportion to be left,,.,................. 37 
COMMON PRCALANE ci. av asin nace eas sso sneneeeor 89 
‘Coops for young pheasants .................. 67—75 
Cordeaux, Mr., on power of flight ............ 16 
Courtship, display of plumage during ...... 8 
Coverts, formation OF ii... cconcss cs casseeences« 25 
Coverts, pheasants adapted for ............... 89 
Cramp 'in phéasants .....2....6.cc0srecermes edna 81 
‘Crook’s arrangements for pheasantries ...... 52 
‘Cross-bred pheasants in coverts ............... 102 
Cross-bred Amherst and Gold Pheasants ... 112 
Orossoptilon mantchuricwm ...........6.eceeeee 129 
(QunaXcaal 22% Aiar aaa MeRBER Sa oNRoneeetenice Sesasatnaccee 8 
Curd as food for young pheasants ............ 72 
Custard as food for young pheasants......... 72 
Darwin, Captain, on mock pheasants........, 39 
Darwin, Mr. C., on cross-bred Scemmerring 106 
Dawkins, Mr.W.B.,onintroduc.intoEngland 17 
Digestive Organs) .ssc.sseceeed eter nes page 9 
Diseases of pheasants ................eceeeeenee 81 
Distribution throughout Europe ............... 23 
Js 3 Great Britain ...... 21 
Domestication, pheasants not capable of ... 16 
Douglas, Mr. J., rearing young pheasants... 74 
Hered Pheasant)..53..:.csessctasacuesercsgeere ares 129 
Egg eating by pheasants ...................2000s 62 
Po GORUBIS ., 'a..5 swee downer ae cag se aeestsap «sew eceres 68 
Eggs, when sold, usually stolen ............... 65 
Euplocamus nycthemerus and allied species... 126 
Exportation of pheasants.................0...04. 139 
Heedimpsinicovertsy v-.esme testes tec eene 32 
Feeding troughs objectionable ............... 33 
Fir blossoms poisonous to young............... 87 
Firs, species best adapted for coverts ...... 26 
Hushtiot pheasants ohumatoceseosserse reese 5 
Woodvot pheasantsea-merarcesseceeteneessees oats 2 
Food of pheasants during transport ......... 139 
Foxes, driving them from vicinity of nests... 49 
Gapes in pheasants. ............scaseeceoeesee boda “a8 
Golden: Pheasantis: soses ss. -cc stan levenes coteres 113 
Gould, Mr. J., on Phasianus seenmerringii... 106 
Gould, Mr. J., on Phasianus torquatus ...... 96 
Gould, Mr. J., on Phasianus versicolor ...... 99 
Greece, distribution of pheasants in ......... 24 
Harting, Mr., on pheasant in Middle Ages... 18 
Harting, Mr., on rooks destroying eggs ... 46 
Hatching in confinement .....,................+. 61 
Hedgehogs destructive to eggs .............45 49 
Heine, Mr., on habits of Japanese Pheasant 99 
Heine, Mr., on Scemmering’s Pheasant ...... 104 
Hens, varieties best adapted for hatching... 66 
Hewitt, Mr. Ed., on Golden Pheasants ...... 117 
Introduction of pheasants into England...... 17 
Introduction into Ireland, date of ............ 20 
Introduction into Scotland, date of ......... 20 
Introduction into St. Helena .................. 23 
