Ornithological Notes

Public Time: 1914-02-26 00:00:00
Journal: Nature
doi: 10.1038/092726b0
Author: R. L.
Summary: AT the conclusion of a note on the food and feeding habits of the pheasant, published in the Journal of the Land Agents' Society for December, 1913, Mr. W. E. Collinge states that the greater portion of the food of these birds consists of injurious insects and the seeds of weeds, the statement being based on the examination of the contents of the crops and stomachs of no fewer than 183 birds. Pheasants daily wander over large areas of land in search of food, and—altogether apart from their value as game—merit protection on the part of all persons interested in agriculture. Although they occasionally snip the leaves of root crops, especially in very dry weather, most of the damage of this nature laid to their charge is really caused by wood-pigeons.
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