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MANAGEMENT OF PHEASANTS IN PRESERVES. 



■which supports it, is removed by any strain on the line or lines attached to it. 

 The whole is protected from rain by the piece of bent tin or zinc, E. 



A very good alarm gmi of larger size, capable of taking seven or eight 

 drams of powder, and making a correspondingly loud report, and manufactured by 

 W. E. Wigg, of Barnby Foundry, Beccles, Suffolk, is shown in the accompanying 

 block; it is discharged by the action of a strong curved spring, which is held by 

 a trigger, that can be acted on by several wires set in different directions. The 



nipple is protected from rain by a metal covering, and the whole is strongly cast, 

 so as not to be liable to derangement. I have found these guns are cheap, durable, 

 and most efficient. It is almost unnecessary to remark that alarm guns of various 

 forms can be purchased at any gunmakers. 



The destruction effected in preserves during the nesting season by crows, 

 jackdaws, magpies, jays, and other egg-eating birds, is well known, and can only be 



