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forming a hoop long enough to take in the bird without injuring 

 ita plumage. It is then covered with netting loose enough 

 to allow of its being placed on the bird without pressing it 

 down to injure it, and tight enough to prevent it from turning 

 round in the net to the detriment of its plumage. Where 

 many birds have to be caught, it is expedited by the adoption 

 of an expedient I will describe ; and the plan is good, because 

 it is always bad for the birds to be driven about, which they 

 must be before they can be caught, if they are in a large pen. 

 An extra hurdle should be made, to which a door should be 

 joined on hinges. It should be three feet long. This should 

 be placed by the side of one of those forming the pen, and the 

 door being open the birds should be gently driven into it ; 

 then the door should be closed. They may then be taken 

 with the hand or net. A pheasant should be caught with one 

 hand, taking at the same time a wing and thigh, the other hand 

 should be brought into plaj' directly to prevent its 

 struggling, and it may then be easily and safely held in 

 one, taking both thighs and the tips of both wings in the 

 hand at the same time. It takes two persons to cut the 

 wings. They should always be held with their heads towards 

 the person holding them." 



Since the first pubhcation of this work the plans advocated 

 in it have been generally tested and discussed. The remarks 

 of one of the writers contain so many useful details that I am 

 glad to reproduce the more practical portion of his letters : 



" The advice offered with reference to pheasant pens or 

 aviaries is as easy and inexpensive of adoption as it is good. 

 By carefully following the excellent instructions fully set 

 forth in the work upon pheasants by Mr. Tegetmeier — to 

 whom the thanks of all lovers of the bird are due — I succeeded 

 during the first spring in securing from thirty-five hens one 

 thousand eggs. Forty birds similarly treated produced the 

 following season 1500 ; the next year forty-one hens presented 

 us 1600 ; while the present year offers promise of a still better 

 return. 



