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MANAGEMENT OF PHEASANTS IN CONPINBMENT. 



certain to bring off a larger number of chicks than woiild result if tbe eggs were 

 shifted under a farmyard hen. 



The Tignette at the end of this chapter represents the head of a partridge 

 with a perfectly formed claw growing from the loose skin in the centre of the 

 lower jaw; owing to the kindness of Mr. A. H. Stokes-Eoberts I had the opportunity 

 of examining the bird shortly after it had been shot. The drawing was made from 

 the specimen in a recent state. 



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