 Sir Philip Egerton has informed us that a hen pheasant at Oulton Park, Cheshire, which had .nearly assumed the plumage of the cock, laid a nest full of eggs, from which she was driven by the curiosity of 'persons who came to gaze at so strange a sight....  The Pheasant: Natural History - Pàgina 46per Hugh Alexander Macpherson, Alexander Innes Shand - 1895 - 265 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1840 - 522 pàgines
...four years ago a hen pheasant at Oulton Park, Cheshire, which had nearly assumed the plurange of the cock, laid a nest full of eggs, from which she was...the young all died soon after they were excluded. This is a very curious case, and seems to sho% that though the capacity of producing eggs still remained,... | |
 | 1840 - 524 pàgines
...four years ago a hen pheasant at Oulton Park, Cheshire, which had nearly assumed the plumage of the cock, laid a nest full of eggs, from which she was...nest full of eggs, sat upon them, and hatched them ; hut the young all died soon after they were excluded. This is a very curious case, and seems to show... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 pàgines
...informed us that a hen pheasant at Oulton Park, Cheshire, which had nearly assumed the plumage of the cock, laid a nest full of eggs, from which she was...the young all died soon after they were excluded. There are white and pied varieties. The Ring- Necked and Bohemian Pheasants appear to be considered... | |
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