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demonstrates, pheasants may be reared at as small a cost as 

 Is. a head, and in others the cost rises to 14s. or even 15s. 



The vignette 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 oppor- 

 tunity 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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