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Pheasant, Japanese {continued). 
Crosses, 107 
Distribution, 107 
Habits, 107 
Plumage of adult female, 107 
Plumage of adult male, 106, 107 
Pheasant, Mongolian (Phasianus colchicus mongolians, Brandt) ( 
1 01 seqq. 
Abundance of animal food essential, 102 
Appearance and attitude of male in spring-time, 104 
Best in high woods, 103 
Call, 105 
Courtship, 104 
Crosses, 102, 103, 104 
Distribution, 102 
Plumage of adult female, 102 
Plumage of adult male, 101, 102 
Tendency to stray, 104 
Pheasant, Prince of Wales's {Phasianus colchicus principalis, 
Sclater), 105, 106 
Distribution, 105 
Importation of, 105, 106 
Plumage of adult female, 105 
Plumage of adult male, 105 
Pheasant, Reeves's {Phasianus reevesu, Gray), 107 seqq. 
Call, 109 
Females uncertain layers in confinement, 108 
Fierce disposition of male, 108 
Great fighters, 108 
Habitat, 108 
Homing instinct of a cock, no 
Hybrids, no 
Long and sharp spurs, 107 
Rapidity of flight, 108 
Tail as " Westinghouse brake," 109 
Unsuitable environment in this country, 107 
Pheasants, True, 74 seqq. 
Arrangement of species, opinions differ on, 75, 76 
Description of species, 74 
Ptarmigan, Common {Lagopus mulus, Montin), 63 seqq. 
Call, 67 
Clever ruse of poachers, 71 
Courting, 68 
Defence of young, 70 
Devoted husbands and wives, 68 
Diet, 68 
Distribution, 65 
Eggs, 69 
Fear of golden eagle, 67 
Fine example of leucotism, 73 
Follow reindeer in Norway during winter, 68 
Fond of basking in the sun, 68 
Food of young, 70 
Golden eagle enemy of, 70 
Great wing power, 67 
Growth of young, 70 
Habits, 66 
Ptarmigan, Common {continued). 
Home-loving birds, 67 
Hybrids, supposed, 72, 73 
Incubation, 69 
Influenced by weather, 67 
Local names, 63 
Migratory in Europe and North America, 72 
Monogamous, 68 
Monthly changes of plumage, 64, 65 
Nests, 69 
Observations on migration in Country Life, 72 
Plumage of adult female : 
Autumn, 64 
Summer, 63 
Winter, 63 
Plumage of adult male : 
Autumn, 63, 64 
Summer, 63 
Winter, 63 
Preyed upon by hill fox, 69 
Protective coloration, 64 
Seek lower altitude in severe weather, 66 
Shooting, 71 
Shooting records, 71 
Stratagem of female, 67 
Unknown in Ireland, 65 
Vermin check increase, 70, 71 
Young and immatures, 65 
Pycraft, W. S., on enteritis among Pheasant chicks, 95, 96 
Quail {Coturnix coiurnix, Linnaeus), 130 seqq. 
Californian, 135 
Call, 133, 134 
Capri, large number of Quail captured in, 133 
Cause of scarcity, 133 
Distribution, 130-133 
Eggs, 134 
Favourite resorts, 131 
Female a patient mother, 134 
Fighting, favourite pastime in India, 133 
Great spring migration, 133 
Habits, 133, 134 
Incubation, 134 
Late breeder, 1 34 
Local forms, 131 n. 
Local names, 130 
Male pugnacious, 134 
Monogamous in Britain, 134 
Nest, 134 
Plumage of adult female, 130 
Plumage of adult male, 130 
Rare in Scotland, 131 
Shooting in Algeria, 133 
Shooting seasons, 135 
Specimen shot in Lewis, 131 «■ 
Subject to sporadic migrations, 131 
