Description: PHEASANTS THEIR NATURAL HISTORY AND PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT W. B. TEGETMEIER ILLUSTRATED FROM LIFE BY J.G. MILLAIS, T.W. WOOD, P SMIT, AND F.W. FROHAWK. HORACE COX: LONDON 1904 Fourth, enlarged edition. (The best edition, with colour plates not in earlier editions. From the Preface. “In the following chapters I first treat of the natural history of the pheasants generally — their food, habits, nesting, &c. Then follows the consideration of their management in preserves, the details of the different methods of feeding the birds, their protection from their numerous enemies, the formation of coverts, &c. This is succeeded by an account of their treatment in inclosed pheasantries, the hatching of the eggs, rearing and feeding the young birds, and the prevention and cure of their diseases. A detailed description of all the different species adapted for turning out, and of the various hybrids and crosses between them, is then given; and the work concludes with accounts of the ornamental species, such as the Gold, Silver, and Amherst pheasants, and the best methods of their management in aviaries.” CONTENTS. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PHEASANTS Habits, Food,, Structure, &c. Introduction, Distribution, &c. MANAGEMENT IN PRESERVES. Formation of Coverts Feeding in Coverts Rearing and Protection MANAGEMENT IN CONFINEMENT. Formation of Pens and Aviaries Laying and Hatching Rearing the Young Birds DISEASES OF PHEASANTS. The Gapes, Cramp, &c. PHEASANTS ADAPTED TO THE COVERT. The Common Pheasant The Chinese Pheasant The Japanese Pheasant The Mongolian Pheasant Reeves's Pheasant Hagenbeck's Pheasant Prince of Wales's Pheasant Soermmering's Pheasant PHEASANTS ADAPTED TO THE AVIARY. The Golden Pheasant The Amherst Pheasant The Silver Pheasant The Eared Pheasant. The Impeyan Pheasant The Argus Pheasant APPENDIX A. TRANSPORT OF PHEASANTS APPENDIX B. FERTILITY OF HYBRID REEVES'S AND OTHER PHEASANTS 22 x 15 cm. xii + 255 pp + tissue guarded colour & b/w plates. Very good condition. Cloth on spine worn at the ends and splitting on the front hinge. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. One if the tissue guards has some pencilled notes and another is missing. Contents clean and tidy, binding sound, all plates present. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: W B Tegetmeier
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Year Printed: 1904
Original/Facsimile: Original
