CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



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The Pheasant Family 1 



CHAPTER H 



Natural History Notes . ... 33 



CHAPTER m 



Historical Notes ..... 75 



CHAPTER IV 



The Everlasting Question .... 101 



CHAPTER V 



Woodland and Covert . . . .132 



CHAPTER VI 



Game-Coverts 159 



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