PHEASANTS IN COVERT AND AVIARY 



Pine, in coverts, 21 



, Scotch, in coverts, 20 



Pinioning, 83 



Finus Sylvestris, see Pine, Scotch 



Plumage, male, assumption by female, 113; 

 attractiveness, 24 



Poaching, Larch conducive to, 14, 21 ; pro- 

 tection, 13 



Poisoning, Ivy. 284 ; lead, 282 ; mineral 

 and vegetable, 281 ; Yew, 15, 282 



Pole-cat, 212 



Pole-trap, illegal, 190 



Powys, Thomas Littleton, see Lilford, Lord 



Preveso, Ionian Islands, Common Pheasant 

 observed, 31 



Prince of Wales Pheasant, 40; hybrids, 



41. 75 

 Privet, berries as food, 31 ; in coverts, 18 

 Prjevalsky, on Blood Pheasant, III 

 Quick-thorn, in coverts, 21 

 Rain, effect on Pheasants, 181 

 Raspberry, Wild, in coverts, 21 

 Rat, 212 

 Reeves' Pheasant, 49 et seq. ; hybrids, 50, 



52. 71 

 Respiratory Tract, diseases of, 254, 260 

 Rhododendron, in coverts, 17 

 Ringless Pheasant, 74 ; see also Chinese 



Pheasant, Ringless 

 Ring-necked Pheasant, Plybrids, 72 ; see 



also Chinese Pheasant, Ring-necked 

 Romans, probable introduction of Pheasant 



into England by, 31 

 Rook, 201 



Roosting, horizontal branches and, 14 

 Roup, 152, 251 

 Salonica, Gulf of. Common Pheasant 



observed, 31 

 Saunders, Howard, on distribution of 



Magpie, 191 

 Scabies, 279 ' 

 Scaly-leg, 152, 277 

 Scotch Fine, see Pine, Scotch 

 Scotland, Reeves' Pheasant suited for, 49 

 Scour, rain causes, 181 

 Sea-Buckthorne, in coverts, 21 

 Sewell, William, on artificialincubation, 147 

 Sharpe, Bowdler, on Argus Pheasant, 100 

 Shaw's Pheasant, 47 

 Shooting, placing guns, 238 

 Shot, lead poisoning caused by, 282 

 Silkie Hen, for sitting, 151 

 Silver Pheasant, 94 

 Skin Diseases, 277 

 Small Argus Pheasant, see Argus Pheasant, 



Small 

 Smith, Stewart, on artificial incubation, 



141 

 Snowberry, in coverts, 21 



Scemmerring's Pheasant, 55 et seq. 

 Soil, chalk, beech trees for planting, 15 

 Spruce, as roosting-place, 14 

 Stevenson, on Japanese and Common Cross, 



61 

 Stoat, 212 

 Stone, Mr, introduction of Amherst 



Pheasant, 90 ; introduction of Reeves' 



Pheasant, 49 

 Stone's Pheasant, 78 

 Straying, Acorns and, 16; gamekeepers' 



opinions, 222 ; prevention, 216 

 Suffolk, excellence of coverts, 20 

 Sulphurous Acid Gas, as disinfectant, 248 

 Swinhoe, Consul, Elliot's Pheasant dis- 

 covered by, 80 ; description of Golden 



Pheasant, 87 

 Swinhoe's Kalage Pheasant, see Silver 



Pheasant 

 Sycamore, seeds as food, 15 

 Syngamus, see Gapes 

 Taxus Baccata, see Yew 

 Tegetmeier, on Japanese and Common 



Cro'is, 60, 61 ; on lead poisoning, 282 ; 



on Yew poisoning, 283 

 Temminck, early mention of Scemmerring's 



Pheasant, 55 

 Thaumalea ATnkersti(B^ see Amherst 



Pheasant 



Picla, see Golden Pheasant 



Traps, for Hawks (ill.), 199 ; for Pheasants, 



130 ; pole, illegal, 190 

 Trees and Shrubs, best to plant, 18 ; list 



and prices, 21 {see also under names of 



trees) 

 Tuberculosis, 153, 252 

 Ursus Mei.ks, see Badger 

 Vardar River, Common Pheasant 



abundant, 31 

 Virnaceus Etiropceus, see Hedgehog 

 Vulpes Vulgaris^ see Fox 

 Walf.s, Reeves' Pheasant suited for, 49 

 Water, 16, 175 



Watson, Peter W., on high-flying, 242 

 Weasel. 212 



White Pheasant, see Albino Pheasant 

 White Tibet Eared Pheasant, see Eared 



Pheasant, White Tibet 

 Willow, in coverts, 21 

 Wills, John, on artificial incubation, 145 

 Wilson, Dr Joseph, on Scemmerring's 



Copper Pheasant, 57 

 Wonders of the Bird World (quoted), 100 

 Worms, 271 



Yew, planting condemned, 283; poison- 

 ing, 282 ; as roosting-place, 14 

 Zoological Gardens, Scemmerring's 



Pheasant in, 57 

 Zoological Proceedings (quoted), 88 



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