﻿U4 
  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  where 
  they 
  feed 
  on 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  grain, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  even 
  reject 
  young 
  potatoes, 
  which 
  they 
  

   swallow 
  whole. 
  In 
  the 
  oak-forests 
  pheasants 
  were 
  shot 
  which 
  had 
  their 
  crops 
  full 
  of 
  

   acorns 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  the 
  birds 
  became 
  very 
  fat 
  on 
  this 
  diet. 
  In 
  Ussuri 
  the 
  

   breeding 
  season 
  lasts 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  young 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  early 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  few 
  other 
  notes 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  

   relate 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  pheasants 
  to 
  the 
  southland, 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  so 
  identical 
  are 
  the 
  

   habits 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  that 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  recorded 
  of 
  one 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

  