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THE WORLD OF ANIMAL LIFE 



sure that her young are safe, and then she flies over a hedge 

 with a loud whirring of her wings and is not seen again. After a 



Partridge 



time she will return to where she left her family, and bring them to 

 her at once with a call. 



When young the partridge lives chiefly on insects, and considers 

 ants' eggs a special dainty. As it grows older it also eats grain 

 and other seeds and herbage. 



THE PHEASANT 



The Pheasant is a foreigner and was brought to this country 

 from the East. Though it has become pretty well used to our 

 climate, it might not be able to live here if the woods in some 

 parts were not specially laid out for it. But as the pheasant is 

 "preserved" for the sportsman it is very well looked after. Branches 

 are laid on the ground to offer it good nesting-places, or what is 

 called "cover", and in very cold seasons it is fed. But its eggs 

 are often taken from it and put under a hen to hatch. When 

 brought up in this way the young birds are very tame and will 

 feed in the yard along with the other fowls. But when spring 



