Part 61

—— in Bohemia, Hungary, etc., 259, 266.

—— eggs, imported, etc., 258.

Partridges, distribution, 249.

—— food, ants’ eggs, etc., 248.

—— hand rearing, 247.

—— incubation, 255.

—— methods of preservation of, 246–258.

—— over dogs, 262.

—— “packed,” 247.

—— protection by sense, 246.

Pasteur, M., 370.

Peregrines, destruction of, 222.

Pheasant, Reeves, 268.

Pheasants, buying eggs of, 275.

—— coops, 281.

—— difference in wild and tame bred, 297.

—— feathering, colours, etc., 268.

—— food, 277, 278, 279, 283, 284.

—— made difficult, 235.

—— made to fly high, 293, 294, 295.

—— Mongolian, crosses with partridges, 254.

—— nests taken, 287.

—— origin of, 274.

—— penning, 275, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283.

—— protection from foxes, 290.

—— scent, 288.

—— species of, 267.

—— timidity of, 293.