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THE GAME BREEDER 



ihg purposes in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of Regulation 8 of the Migratory 

 Bird Treaty Act Regulations, and, as required 

 by said Regulation, do furnish the following 

 information : 



. My full name is 



My residence and postoffice address is 



The names of the species and the number 

 of birds and eggs of each I desire to take 

 are as* follows : 



The particular locality where' I desire to 

 take such waterfowl and eggs is as follows : 



I agree that if said permit is issued I will 

 comply with all the provisions of the Migra- 

 tory Bird Treaty Act and Regulations there- 

 under. 



Dated at 



this. day of 



1918. 



State of ) 



County of j SS- ' 



, of being 



duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the 

 person mentioned in and who subscribed to 

 the foregoing application; that he has read 

 the same and knows the contents thereof ; 

 and that the facts therein stated are true of 

 his own knowledge. 



Name of applicant. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 

 day of 1918 



Name of officer. 

 Title of officer. 



Name of applicant. 



SUGGESTION FOR NOTE IN 

 APPLICATION. 

 "It is the applicant's intention to shoot the 

 wild fowl produced, and since many will be 

 shot which cannot be eaten on the premises, 

 these will be sold as food. If most of the 

 birds shot must be wasted we would prefer 

 not to have any permit, but to continue , as 

 we now are." 



THE GOLDEN PHEASANT. 



By W. Sinclair. 



[Mr. Sinclair's story about his methods of 

 rearing the Golden Pheasants was written 

 for Thompsons' Natural History of Ireland. 

 We are sure it will interest our readers, 

 many of whom rear golden pheasants for 

 their aviaries and for sale.] 



Golden Pheasants are very easily 

 reared in confinement, and are quite as 

 hardy as any of the other pheasants, or 

 as any of our domestic fowls; indeed, I 

 question if any of them are sooner able 

 to provide a subsistence for themselves, 

 or to live independent of the parent bird. 

 In the several years' experience I have 

 had in the rearing of these birds, I have 

 considered them past all danger when 

 they arrived at the age of three or four 

 weeks*? in f act ,♦ at that age those which I 

 brought up in the garden began to leave 

 the bantam hen which hatched them and 

 take to the gooseberry bushes to perch at 

 night, and very soon after to the apple 

 trees. I always observed that they roost- 

 ed at the extremity of the branches, 

 where they were quite safe from the at- 

 tacks of cats or other vermin. This 



habit, together with their very early dis- 

 position to roost at night, leads me to 

 infer that their introduction into this 

 country as a game bird would not be 

 difficult ; and that in our large demesnes, 

 where protected from shooters, .they 

 would become very numerous. But I 

 should imagine that they would not 

 answer where the common pheasants 

 were already introduced, as they are shy, 

 timid birds, and would be easily driven 

 off by the other species. The individuals 

 before referred to, which were reared in 

 the garden, consisted of a family of six ; 

 they always remained in the garden, 

 where they' were regularly fed, except 

 at the commencement of winter, when 

 they ceased roosting in the apple trees, 

 took to a belt of Scotch firs which 

 bounded the garden on one side, and 

 roosted in them all the winter and fol- 

 lowing spring. I have seen them sitting 

 in the trees when the branches were 

 laden with snow, but they did not seem 

 to suffer in the slightest degree from the 

 severity of winter. About the month of 



