Show the ring pheasant this bird was imported from china by 0 N denny somo some eight years ago six pair were let loose on petterson butte about four miles from So daville or and in the conditions and country being favorable and being protected by a strict law for six years they have multiplied rapidly and now are one of our most common game birds in fact they multiplied so rapidly that long before the six years protection bad had ceased the farmers complained bitterly that the birds were a serious damage to their ar grain ain a and nd gardens and many birds were killed but in this I 1 think they were mistaken for in my examination of many stomachs at all seasons of the year I 1 found but very little grain as their food but many wild seeds bugs grasshoppers etc I 1 think that the farmers have realized this also to some extent as nearly all have now posted trespass notices for their protection science |