CHAP TEE in 



MANAGEMENT OF PHEASANTS IN PRESERVES. 





FORMATION OF COVERTS. 



■ l'#2("EJ''( )RI'l any satisfactory proo-rcss can be made in 



Jlp tlie preservation of pheasants, the existence of 



?fei' ' . . . 



"" ' good and well-protected coverts is indispensable; 



and where these do not natnra.lly exist, the very first 



action of the gnnie preserver must Ije t(j effect their 



plantatiiin on a scale commensurate with his desires. 



This jiecessarily cannot be done withont expense, but a large 



stock of pheasants cannot be secnred, save under the most 



exceptiomil circumstances, without a very consiilerable dUtlay. 



Some years since the subject of the Formatirui of ciiverts 



for pheasants was discussed in a very exhaustive manner in 



the ci)lunnis ni The Field, and some admii'able practical letters, 



detailing the experiences of the writers, appeared in that 



jDaper ; these a,ro worthy of the most attentive consideration, 



and I ha.ve great ])leasure in availing mysi'lf of the opportunity 



of (pn)tiiig From them. fjne of the most practical of the 



writers, the late ilr. R. Carr Fllison, of JJunstmi Hill, Durham, 



strongly advocated the formation of pheasant roosts of spruce 



and sUv(.'r hi's, as aifording the l)irds absolute seeuritv ae-ain^t 



the attacks ol night poachers. Uewiales: — "A number of 



Country gcnllcnien who do not considoi- liejd spijrts of ]irimary 



nnportauce, ieel it right to abstain from the ]n-eservine' of 



pheasants. They see that the teruptation which these Inrds 



