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ZOOLOGY. 



The Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus, Fig. 41) was 

 originally a native of the Caucasus, and shores of the 



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Caspian Sea and 

 Sea of Aral; it 

 occurs wild in 

 Central Europe. 

 Pheasants are 

 troublesome to 

 the farmer, both 

 by devouring the 



newlv sown dpprl ^°" ^'•■— '^^l* ™* Female Capercailzie (TetraourogaUus). 



and by scratching up the fields. 



Order : Grallatores (Wading-Bieds). 



The species here included differ very much among 

 themselves ; but all seek their food, which is almost 

 exclusively of animal nature, at the water-edge (rivers, 



