Pheasants Their Natural History and Practical Management (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pheasants Their Natural History and Practical ManagementThen came a change. It was realised that the pheasant was not only a bird for the kitchen, but could use his wings that he was. Indeed, one of the finest and fastest of ¿iers among British game birds. And it was discovered that there were certain conditions under which he would ¿y and others under which he would not. You could not make him ¿y away from home. If he had become accustomed to being fed or finding his food in a particular covert or part of a covert, he might be driven away from it, but he would only go relue tautly he would run away from it, or would ¿y a short distance near the ground, but he would not take a high and prolonged ¿ight. Why should be? For his natural idea would be to get back there as soon as possible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.