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PI/EA.SJXTS FOI! cor j; UTS AND A VI A HIES. 



]ledgi']i(if;\s are mHlouhtodly destructive to etJ'U's :is well as 

 to tlie yomit^; liirds^ and slionld Ijo tr;i])ped in coverts in wliich 

 ]ihensaiits ai'c I'cared. 



jVninng the ntlier enemies to young plieasants tb;it attack 

 them occasi(jnally laay lie mentioned addei'Sj and even farm- 

 3'ard ducks that have gained access to the coops. 



'J'he vignette represents the head of a pheasant in which 

 the upper mandible has Ijcen shot away; nevertheless, the 

 hird when killed was in good conditKui. 



