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ordinary species. Mr. Mayes, writing to me from Blvedon, 

 stated that " tlie 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 years or more, and never 

 knew them to cross with any other pheasant before." 



