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capable of Hying .si> well as to lie shot in mistake for an 

 ordinary bird. The hens of this species are remarkalde 

 for the absence of niarkino-s on the lireast, and the str(.)n!J-ly 

 marked bars on the whole of the flight. Feathers. I cannot 

 refrain from calling attention t(j the great success in ri'aring 

 these birds, winch is detailed in t'olouel Siiiideihi.nd's com- 

 ninnication — a snccess obviously due to tlie size of his pens, 

 and to his ydimg birds being allowed to roam at large under 

 their fostei' ]ia,rents, and ol)tain a great ])art <'f theii- own food 

 from the corn, Inickwheat, and the artichokes grown in these 

 pens for their use. When will Iviglish ganirkeopers learn 

 that pheasants reared in this maniu'r are infinitely superior in 

 health, vigour, and hardihood to those that are raised under 

 coo]ied hens in the ordina,ry mauiu'r, and that, the disea.ses 

 which are so fatal to birds on overcn.iwded ground are 

 unknown to birds raised under these conditions '' 



