0(; PHEASANT.S FOR COVERTS AND A VT ARIES. 



The doiiU'stics, liowever, went to his assistance, and by their 

 kind atteutidiis lie was restored. Still, his old antipatliy 

 revived witli his I'eturning strength, and in a day or two the 

 sio'ht <if crinoline again roused Jiis wrath. Therefore, foi' 

 fear of his meeting with an nntiinely end I'roni sume other 

 str(ing-nnnded woman, it was decided that he should liave his 

 wing clijiped, and be kept ]3risoner withiu the walls of the 

 kitchei.-gardeii." 



The wife of Mr. Barnes (formerly head keeper to Mr. J). 

 Wynham, of Denton Hall, near Salisbury) carefully nursed 

 a very young hen pheasant with a Ijroken leg. Slie got 

 well, and in course of time was turned out with the rest of 

 tile brood into the adjacent woods. For several seasons 

 afterwards this hen brought her own br(.i(id to the keeper's 

 lodge. 



Mr. T. 1'.. Jdhuson, in his " Gamekeeper's Directory," 

 mentions one he had reared from the nest that became 

 uucoiiimonly familiar. "It will follow me," he writes, "into 

 the garden or homestead, where it will feed on insects and 

 grass, and I occasionally ol)ser\'ed it swallow large worms. 

 Of all things, lujwever, flies appear to be its favourite iood. 

 Before he was aide to fl\% I freijiieiitlv lifted liim into the 

 window, and it was truly amasing to witness his dexterity in 

 fly catching. Jle had been named l)ick, to which he answers 

 as well a,s p(jssibk'. Dick is a verv social being, who cannot 

 endure lieing left alone; and if it so happen (as it 

 occasionally docs) that the bird iinds every ]iersoii has (juitted 

 the r(join, he immediately goes in searcdi of some of the 

 family; if the door be shut, and his egress thus denied, lie 

 utters the most plaintive mjise, cvidcntiv testifying everv 

 synijitom of uneasiness and fear in beini;- sei>arated from his 

 friends and pi-oteccors. Dick is a great favourite, and on 

 this account is sutfered to take uuiny liberties. AMieii 

 breakfast is brought in he pimps on the table, and '-ery 

 unceremoniously helps himself to bre;ul, or to whatever he 

 takes a fancy; but, different fr.iin the magpie or jackdaw 



