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The Mongolian Pheasant. 



not seem any the worse for it. They will stand any weather 

 if properly fed. Coming from the rough climate of China and 

 Southern Siberia, they suffer more from the heat in July and 

 August than from the most severe winter weather." 



These directions will afford considerable assistance to many 

 pheasant rearers in districts where ants' eggs are not abundant, 

 and there is not the slightest doubt that the information given 

 in the valuable account extracted from the Massachusetts 

 Commission will be of great interest to all pheasant rearers. 

 It is essential, however, that maggots should not be fed to the 

 young birds fresh from the decomposed flesh on which they 

 have been feeding, but should be placed in loose dry earth 

 or other material in which they clean themselves of impurities. 

 Otherwise they will sometimes cause scouring in the chicks, 

 to which, in any case, they should be given somewhat 

 sparingly. 



