CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Pheasant Coverts and their Construction . . 13 



II. The Common Pheasant {Phasianus Colchicus) . . 22 



III. The Mongolian Pheasant {FAasianus Mongolicus) . 37 



IV. The Prince of Wales Pheasant {Fhasianus Principalis) 40 

 V. The Chinese Pheasant {Phasianus Torquatus) 43 



VI. Shaw's Pheasant (^Phasianus Shawii) . . -47 



VII. Reeves', or the Bar-tailed Pheasant (Phasianus Reevesit) 49 



VIII. Scemmerring's Pheasant {Phasianus Sammerringii) . 55 



IX. The Japanese Pheasant {Phasianus Versicolor) . . 60 



X. Hagenbeck's Pheasant {Phasianus Hagenbecki) . . 66 



XI. Hybrids and Hybridisation . . . .68 



Mongolian Hybrids — The Ring-necked Hybrids — Prince 

 of Wales Hybrid — Albino and Pied Pheasant Hybrids. 



XII. FoRMOSAN Ring-necked Pheasant {Phasianus Formosanus) 78 

 Stone's Pheasant {Phasianus Elegans) — The Chinese 

 Ringless Pheasant {Phasianus Decollatus). 



XIII. The Barred-backed Pheasant . . . .80 



Elliot's Pheasant {Phasianus Elliott) — Hume's Pheasant 

 {Calophasis Humice). 



XIV. The Golden Pheasant {Thaumalea Picta) . . 82 

 XV. The Amherst Pheasant {Thaumalea AmhersUa) . . 90 



XVI. The Silver Pheasant {Euplocamus Nycihemems) . 94 



XVII. The Argus Pheasant {Argus Giganteus) . . .98 



{Argus Grayi). 



XVIII. The Eared Pheasant ..... 108 



XIX. The Blood Pheasants {Ithagenes Cruentus) . .110 



The Northern Blood Pheasants {Ithagenes Sinensis), 



XX. The Assumption of Male Plumage by Female Pheasants 113 



XXI. Pheasantry Eggs versus Wild Ones . . .116 



XXII. The Management of Pheasants in Aviaries .129 



XXIII. Artificial Incubation ... . 136 



XXIV. The Selection of Broody Hens . . . 150 



XXV. The Feeding and Management of Pheasant Chicks 158 



Analysis of Foods most suitable for Feeding Pheasant 



Chicks. 



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