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PHEASANTS ADAPTED FOE THE AVIARY. 



with the ordinary species. Mr, Mayes writes to me from Elvedon: "The Golden 

 pheasant will cross with the common pheasant; we have had two or three instances 

 of their doing so the last two years, but it is rare, as we have had Golden pheasants 

 turned out the last ten yeairs or ,more, and never knew them to cross with any 

 other pheasant before." 



