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his head. I have preferred a cock in order to give the gun as 
good a chance as possible, as a hen, with its smaller outhne, 
would be struck by fewer pellets. 
This sketch may be consulted in connection with the records 
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Fig. I. — Under-surface of Pheasant. 
I. Bill. 2. Head. 3. Neck. 4. Crop. 5-5-6. Breast-bone. 7-7. Shin- 
bones. 8. Great arm-bone. 9. Forearm. 10. Hand-bone. The 
dotted oval under the breast-bone is the heart. The breast- 
bone and pectoral muscles are thickest below and round the 
heart, and protect it, as well as other vital organs, including 
the lungs and the larger blood-vessels, from outside injury. 
given of * exceptionally high birds, and how they were killed,' 
Series V. It may also be referred to in relation to the 
experiments described in the following series. 
Series VI., VII., VIII 
These give the number of shot-pellets that would strike 
the under-surface of a straight overhead (stationary) pheasant 
