. Pheasants : their natural history and practical management . Pheasants. THE COMMON PHEASANT. 15l chicks was pied. I have tried tho experiment frequently with the same ; And a third states :—"I deny that the cross between the white and common pheasant will produce pied, when both are pure bred. I have tried the cross in confinement for years, and never produced one pied bird from it; and before the pied breed were introduced into the preserves, here, we had an abundance of white cocks and white hens, and, believing at that time that the pied was the result of a cross between
. Pheasants : their natural history and practical management . Pheasants. THE COMMON PHEASANT. 15l chicks was pied. I have tried tho experiment frequently with the same ; And a third states :—"I deny that the cross between the white and common pheasant will produce pied, when both are pure bred. I have tried the cross in confinement for years, and never produced one pied bird from it; and before the pied breed were introduced into the preserves, here, we had an abundance of white cocks and white hens, and, believing at that time that the pied was the result of a cross between the white and common pheasant, I used to watch the nides of every white hen, and was surprised that in no instance was there one pied chick, though some were ; The explanation of the difficulty of breeding pied birds from, a white and a coloured parent, and the ease with which ring-necks are produced and perpetuated, is soon given. Ring-necks are derived more or less directly from the P. torquatus, a permanent race, that has a strong tendency to reproduce its like,' but white and pied birds are merely accidental variations, and not even a thoroughly established breed, and therefore are not prepotent in propagating their like, but have a strong tendency to throw back to the original stock from which they were Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912. London : H. Cox
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