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they were placed under broody hens. They were carefully looked after on the

voyage—placed in a cool room and the box turned over every day. Mr. Niall

has received the following letter from his man in Melbourne.


“ I am writing to let you know how the Pheasants’ eggs turned out and

am glad to say they are a great success. Out of twenty-nine fertile eggs

twenty-six hatched, the young birds being quite as strong as any we have

hatched here. There is one Reeve’s and nine Mutants, and of the remainder

we cannot at present tell what they are.”


Considering the long period which elapsed from the time the eggs were

laid until they were put under hens in Australia, this is a great achievement,

probably due, to a certain extent, to the fact that the eggs v/ere very fresh

when shipped, and to the great care that was taken of them on the voyage.



ADVICE ON THE REARING OF PHEASANTS


We are asked by the Hundridge Game Farm to state that the price of

their booklet, noticed in our September number, is 2s. l\d. post free.



