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Vocal and 
win'i; sounds 
made by 
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Pheasants 
overtake a merely ®ing-broken Pheasant except, perhaps, 
when pursuing it by sight, in open ground. 
’jirhen an old cock Pheasant is flushed by either man 
or dog he is likely to call oc-oc-oc-oc-oc-iz$;^ in hoarse 
tones and a-lmost certain to make--presumably with his 
muscular wings — a rather loud clattering sound not unlike 
that which may be produced by drawing the tip end of a 
cane across the slats of a picket fence. The hen is ungiven 
to any vocal outcry on such occasions — or, for that 
matter, many others — but her flight is commonly accom- 
pa.nied by a continuous whistling noise, unquestionably 
proceeding from the wings. It is lower-pitched than that 
of the Woodcock’s; less silvery than that of the Carolina 
Dove's; perhaps most like that of the G-olden-eye Duck's, 
although not nearly so far-reaching— being quite inaudible 
at distances exceeding one or two hundred yards and per¬ 
haps not to be heard beyond fifty or sixty yards when there 
is strong wind blowing. 
