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case may determine. The less in reason the number 

 of birds brought together at one common feeding-place 

 the better. Consequently it is better to err on the side of 

 too many feeding-huts than too few. The size of the 

 covert, its distance from other coverts, and the number of 

 birds, must be the guide in this respect. 



The most suitable sites for the huts, so-called, will be 

 where the covert is dry and warm, where the situation is 

 well hidden by the tree growth from other birds passing 

 over, and where the undergrowth is not too dense, so that 

 the pheasants can easily find and come to it in the first 



Fig. 13. Food-Shelter for Pheasant-Coverts. 



instance. The presence of rides and paths centring upon 

 the place is a matter for guidance in the selection of a site ; 

 whilst generally speaking the selection of a central 

 position, one to which birds may be considered likely to 

 find their way intuitively, may be taken as indicating the 

 most suitable situation. 



The form of shelter-hut most adapted to these consider- 

 ations is as follows, but the dimensions may be varied to 

 meet requirements (Fig. 13): Six posts of rough 4.in. fir- 

 poles should first be set up to form an oblong about i5ft. in 

 length by 6ft. in width. They should stand firmly, and 



