INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



HE book of Pheasants, Turkeys, and 

 Geese has now assumed a definite 

 form, and the Author is sending it 

 forth to enlighten, and win its way 

 among, the many Poultry-Keepers and 

 ^^^^^^^M others, who have long struggled on 

 amid many disadvantages which have come to them in 

 consequence of a lack of that knowledge which is of the 

 first importance with regard to matters which affect living 

 animals of any kind. The book has been written- as 

 have been all the Author's works— as the result of practical 

 experience ; the Author making it always a rule to investi- 

 gate the habits of any bird or animal upon which he 

 writes, so as to give to the public the results of patient 

 observation and actual contact with that which he speaks' 

 of. Thus, many things not to be learned in any other 

 way are found in the pages of his books, detailed in 

 simple language, so that young and old may learn those 

 conditions, the observance of which lead to success and 

 consequently to pleasure and profit. The portion of the 

 book which deals with pheasant rearing will be found 

 valuable by those who, in the past, have lost many young 

 birds and had many a disastrous failure, the result of 



