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PfJEA.SAyrs FOR COVERTS AXl> AVlARlIiS. 



rounil the end to make a head, aiul rmi tlie ]ieg' into the hodj*. 

 Tie thest' irmtatioiis on tlie In-anrlies of lai'eli tr^'es liere and 

 tliei-e. Thea^wints prefer this kind of ti-ee to otliei's, in eon- 

 seqnence of the bouf^lis eoiiniiL!; out straight, and s(.) allowing 

 them a levtd snrfaee to sit on. Jn wo(.ids \vliere there are no 

 foxeSj and where the gi'oinnl vermin has Ijeeu well killed 

 down, it is a o'ood plan (especially if yoa think it a likely 

 nicjht for ])riricliers) to nnroost the jdieasauts in the evening. 

 Thev will not fly up again that night. If you liegin by 

 nnroosting the pheasants when thev are yonng, and luiA'e 

 only fl(.)wn n]i a few nights, they will tid-co to roosting ou the 

 ground altogether, and never ily np at ail. I'ljeasants that 

 have not keen accustomed to Ite driven down at all are viiade 

 ratlier shy by the frerpient repetition of this perfmanance, and 

 it nray drive tliem ;iway. d'liey are veryr easily frightened. 

 If you begin shooting rabbits, A,-c., they will take the alarm. 

 They cannot stand guns goirig off constantly in the coverts 

 where they are." 



Imitation jiheasants thus made will only la^t a single 

 season; should anything more permanent be desiied, recourse 

 must be had to those made of wood, which mav be clieaplv 

 and efficiently constructed on the foll(jwing iilan. Take a 



fir piile, saw it tlirongli at an angle of do ; this cut, when 

 r(.)unded olf, fcn-ms the breast of the bird ; ,i, cut at 'l-\' forms 

 the tail-end. So, by making alternate (uits at -to and '22-y ', 

 you may cut upi the pole without waste, as sliown in the iilan. 

 A (Uit latli forms a, capitul tnil, which should be put on nearly 

 perpendicular, as i)heasants ro(jst with the tail hangiu"- down • 



the liead is easily made out of the upjier end of the pole, 

 wdiere too small for the body. Daub over with siane oil paint, 



