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PHEASAN 
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salina 
HIS beautiful and valuable bird is not a 
i native of the British Islands, but seems to 
have been brought to us, many centuries ago, from the 
countries bordering on the Black Sea, where it is still 
very plentiful. In this country, even now, it is not alto- 
gether at home, for although it can take care of itself 
during the warmer seasons of the year, it is not always able 
to find sufficient food in winter, and has to be fed by the 
gamekeepers. The farmer includes it among his feathered 
enemies, for it is extremely destructive in tumip and clover 
fields, is very apt to be mischievous amongst young 
wheat, and will devour enormous quantities of growing 
peas and beans. By way of a set off to this, however, it is 
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