258 PHEASANTS 



present volume, among other points on 

 which the writer sought information from 

 the practical experience of others, was 

 the general question of pheasants on 

 partridge ground. It may not be without 

 interest to indicate briefly the nature of 

 the answers. 



Out of fourteen opinions it will be 

 noted that only four are at all in favour 

 of the pheasant. 



Pheasants are not found harmful on partridge 

 ground. (Mr. Bell, head-keeper to Sir William 

 Gordon-Cumming, Bart., Gordonstoun, Elgin.) 



Partridges always do better where there is no 

 big quantity of pheasants. (Lord Elphinstone, 

 Preston Hall, near Edinburgh.) 



Pheasants I consider harmful on partridge 

 ground, and should be kept within limits. We 

 rear no pheasants here now. (Colonel A. Trotter, 

 Charterhall, Berwickshire.) 



Pheasants not desirable on partridge ground. 

 (Estate Office, Welbeck Abbey, Notts.) 



We only find pheasants a nuisance when they 

 lay in partridge nests. (Hon. Gerald Legge, Pats- 

 hull, Wolverhampton, also Sir George Houstoun 

 Boswall, Bart., of Blackadder, Berwickshire.) 



