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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  put 
  up, 
  they 
  became 
  very 
  wild 
  and 
  always 
  flew 
  when 
  the 
  hunter 
  was 
  a 
  long 
  way 
  off 
  

   or 
  else 
  tried 
  to 
  hide. 
  If 
  the 
  covey 
  stayed 
  together, 
  the 
  former 
  course 
  was 
  usually 
  

   adopted 
  ; 
  if 
  it 
  broke 
  up, 
  single 
  birds 
  would 
  trust 
  to 
  concealment. 
  I 
  always 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  

   much 
  easier 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  shot 
  when 
  pheasants 
  were 
  in 
  pairs 
  or 
  singly 
  than 
  when 
  several 
  

   birds 
  were 
  together. 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  coveys 
  which 
  I 
  hunted 
  for 
  several 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   succession 
  would 
  split 
  up 
  and 
  come 
  together 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  the 
  pheasants 
  I 
  usually 
  found 
  rice, 
  but 
  frequently 
  small 
  red 
  berries 
  

   and 
  other 
  seeds. 
  In 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  one 
  cock 
  pheasant 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  grasshopper. 
  

  

  "The 
  pheasants 
  were 
  never 
  present 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  Ulsan 
  ; 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  

   together 
  being 
  the 
  greatest 
  number 
  I 
  have 
  observed. 
  They 
  were 
  quite 
  as 
  frequently 
  

   found 
  in 
  pairs, 
  or 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  together, 
  singly, 
  or 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  females 
  or 
  males. 
  

   In 
  fact 
  there 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  uniformity 
  in 
  their 
  numbers 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   There 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  local 
  migration. 
  

  

  "The 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  pheasant 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  rather 
  dry. 
  The 
  Coreans 
  themselves 
  con- 
  

   sider 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  delicacy, 
  and 
  at 
  certain 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  especially 
  New 
  Year, 
  

   pheasants 
  bring 
  a 
  high 
  price. 
  The 
  meat 
  has 
  rather 
  a 
  strong 
  taste 
  in 
  some 
  individuals, 
  

   and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  like 
  it 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  grouse. 
  

  

  "The 
  Coreans 
  and 
  the 
  Japanese 
  very 
  frequently 
  make 
  the 
  long 
  tail-feathers 
  of 
  the 
  

   cock 
  pheasants 
  into 
  little 
  brooms 
  for 
  dusting 
  and 
  sweeping. 
  

  

  "One 
  day 
  I 
  put 
  up 
  a 
  covey 
  of 
  pheasants 
  from 
  the 
  rice 
  fields 
  and 
  they 
  flew 
  up 
  a 
  

   high 
  hill 
  so 
  steep 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  climb 
  it 
  from 
  that 
  side. 
  I 
  climbed 
  the 
  hill 
  from 
  one 
  

   side 
  and 
  rolled 
  several 
  stones 
  down 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  birds 
  up 
  ; 
  suddenly 
  I 
  looked 
  

   about 
  and 
  saw 
  a 
  slight 
  movement 
  about 
  twenty 
  feet 
  away 
  under 
  a 
  bush 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  cock 
  

   pheasant's 
  head, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  bird 
  saw 
  I 
  had 
  discovered 
  him, 
  although 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   move, 
  he 
  flew 
  up 
  and 
  passed 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  me. 
  Another 
  time 
  I 
  was 
  walking 
  up 
  

   a 
  hill 
  and 
  saw 
  a 
  slight 
  movement 
  in 
  the 
  bushes 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  five 
  feet 
  away. 
  A 
  cock 
  

   bird 
  was 
  running 
  along 
  trying 
  to 
  hide 
  and 
  flew 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  I 
  looked 
  around 
  ; 
  I 
  had 
  

   passed 
  close 
  to 
  it 
  several 
  times 
  before. 
  The 
  pheasants 
  were 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  kill 
  and 
  could 
  

   carry 
  away 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  shot. 
  No. 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  would 
  stop 
  them 
  when 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   thirty-five 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  gun. 
  They 
  were 
  without 
  doubt 
  the 
  finest 
  birds 
  which 
  I 
  

   have 
  ever 
  hunted." 
  

  

  In 
  north-east 
  Corea, 
  between 
  the 
  Tumen 
  and 
  Yalu 
  Rivers, 
  Mr. 
  Andrews 
  found 
  the 
  

   same 
  pheasant, 
  karpowi, 
  not 
  nearly 
  as 
  abundant 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  " 
  In 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  the 
  hills 
  range 
  from 
  five 
  hundred 
  to 
  two 
  thousand 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  and 
  are 
  

   sparsely 
  wooded 
  with 
  oak 
  and 
  birch. 
  Along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  rivers, 
  large 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  

   valleys 
  and 
  hills 
  are 
  under 
  cultivation, 
  and 
  near 
  these 
  pheasants 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  arrived 
  in 
  early 
  April, 
  and 
  snow 
  flurries 
  continued 
  from 
  this 
  date 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   1st 
  of 
  June; 
  it 
  was 
  cold 
  at 
  night, 
  but 
  quite 
  warm 
  in 
  the 
  daytime. 
  Pheasants 
  were 
  

   found 
  along 
  the 
  cultivated 
  areas 
  on 
  the 
  hillsides, 
  but 
  seldom 
  in 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  

   valleys, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  morning 
  or 
  late 
  afternoon 
  when 
  they 
  came 
  down 
  to 
  drink. 
  

   No 
  rice 
  was 
  growing 
  in 
  these 
  fields, 
  but 
  quantities 
  of 
  millet 
  and 
  some 
  oats. 
  The 
  

   pheasants 
  were 
  feeding 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  on 
  millet, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  small 
  red 
  berries. 
  I 
  

   found 
  some 
  grasshoppers 
  in 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  one 
  cock 
  bird. 
  The 
  birds 
  were 
  difficult 
  to 
  put 
  

   up 
  during 
  the 
  day, 
  but 
  could 
  be 
  quite 
  easily 
  flushed 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  while 
  drinking. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  voice 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  crow 
  consisting 
  of 
  three 
  notes, 
  cuk-cuk-cuk, 
  very 
  

  

  