Practical Game-Preserving. 



Fig. 6. The Payne-Gallwey Coop. 

 A cheap and simple style of coop. 



embodies those features which are essential in every really 

 serviceable article of the kind. These essentials are as 

 follow : The size of the coops should not be less than 24^1. 



wide by 2oin. deep, 

 and 24in. high in front 

 by i2in. to i4in. high 

 at back. The bottoms 

 must be covered with 

 vermin-proof wire-net- 

 ting, and each coop 

 must be provided with 

 a serviceable shutter, 

 and with a false roof, 

 if possible, which will 

 slide out from under 

 the roof proper, and 

 afford shelter from sun and rain to the young chicks. 

 These two latter necessary features can be merged in one 

 if the shutter be hinged at the top, with means to suspend 

 it as a shelter when required (Fig. 8). The coops must be 

 well ventilated with- 

 out being draughty, 

 they must be strongly 

 made, but light and 

 well balanced for 

 handling, and be pro- 

 vided with the neces- 

 sary means for holding 

 when they are lifted. 

 A sliding-bar must also 

 be provided to let the foster-hen out when required. 



Holding, as I do, that the healthiest pheasants are 

 reared from chicks which roost on an earthen floor, I 

 stipulate for a wire netting bottom to the coops; but 



Fi.*7. Rc&ring-Coop for Pheasants. 



The shutter is hinged, and serves also 



as shelter from sun and rain. 



