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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Organ of The Audubon Societies 



Vol. XXII 



January— February, 1920 



No. 1 



The Ring-Necked Pheasant 



By VERDI BURTCH, Branchport, N. Y. 



With photographs by the Author 



SINCE its introduction into western New York, this beautiful and inte- 

 esting bird has thrived and multipHed until now it is the principal game- 

 bird of this section of the state. In interest to the hunters, it has dis- 

 placed the Ruffed Grouse, which is now rather rare. Unlike the Grouse, which 

 keeps to the thick brush and gully banks, the Pheasant is a bird of the meadows 

 and swamps and seldom goes far into the woods. 



In March, after the snow has left the ground and the first warm days have 

 come, we hear the first crow of the cock, and, as the season advances and the 



RING-NECKED COCK PHEASANT 

 Photographed by V'erdi Burtch, Branchport, N. Y. 



