APPENDIX. 



TRANSPORT OF PHEASANTS FROM ABROAD. 



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I ANY PERSONS may be desirous of bringing or 

 sending gallinaceous birds to England, and I 

 cannot therefore do better than reprint the 

 following instructions, which were drawn up for the 

 Zoological Society by Mr. P. L. Sclater and Mr. 

 A. D. Bartlett for the benefit of those desirous of 

 forwarding the various species to England. 



" InSTEUCTIONS rOE THE Tf4ANSP0ET OJ? PhEASANTS AND 



OTHER Gallinaceous Bieds. 



" 1. For exportation, birds bred or reared in captivity 

 should, if possible, be procured. But if this cannot be done, 

 the following rules should be attended to as regards wild- 

 caught birds : 



" 2 . As soon as the birds are captured, the feathers of 

 one wing and of the tail should be cut off tolerably close 

 to their bases. The birds should be placed in a room lighted 

 only from a skylight above, and having the floor sprinkled 

 with gravel or sand, mixed with tufts of grass and roots 

 and a little earth. Among these the food should be thrown. 

 A tame bird placed with the wild ones is of great advantage, 

 because this bird will induce the new captives to feed. The 

 birds should be kept in this way until they have become 

 tame and are fit to be transferred to the packing-cases. 



" 3. The food should consist of grain and seeds of various 



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