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PHEASANTS. 
as they like the tall stems, and soon learn to pick 
up the green grains, — taking care to shift them with 
the sun, and guard them from cold winds. They 
ought not to be released in the morning before the 
sun is up, and they must be shut in with the hen in 
good time in the evening. When they are old 
enough, those that are to be turned out wild ought to 
he taught to perch. This is done by tying a string to 
the hen’s leg, and obliging her to sit in a tree all 
night. She should be placed there before sunset, 
and if she falls down, she must he perseyeringly 
replaced, till she become contented with her situa- 
tion ; then the young birds will follow the hen, and 
perch with her, and in a few days will shift for 
themselves. If regularly fed, they will remain near 
any particular spot, and frequent a lawn or pleasure- 
ground as familiarly, and almost as fearlessly, as 
common poultry. An ingenious feeding-machine has 
been made, by which the grain may not only he kept 
BOX FOR FEEDING PHEASANTS. 
