36 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
the ground. It is neceflary to feed them often, 
and with little at a time. 
When long confined, they are very apt to be 
troubled with a kind of infect, which they get rid 
of by throwing the duft among their feathers, 
At the age of three months, the young lofe the 
feathers of their tails ; at that time they are fick- 
ly and apt to die; they are much relieved by 
ants eggs. 
The Pheafant is a ftupid bird, eafily taken in fe- 
veral kinds of fnares, and is faid to think 
itfelf out of all danger when its head is 
hidden. 
When hunted by a pointer, as foon as it 
perceives the dog, it looks fteadily at him, and 
gives the fowler an opportunity of fhooting it 
with eafe. ” 
An artificial Pheafant, made of wood and paints 
ed, er a piece of red and white cloth, will in- 
tice him into a fnare. Sometimes he is taken by 
a noofe aid in the path in which he goes morn 
ing and evening to drink, and fometimes bya 
Hawk or a Falcon. 
Pheafants are a very delicate food. Helioga» 
balus, a Roman emperor, had the extravagance 
to feed lions with them, which he kept confined. 
A breed 
