19 APRIL 1930, Page 15

Pheasants do so well in England that there is no

particular reason, perhaps, why we Should not see golden; silver, Amherst and other breeds commonly adorning our woods' (though some of them would need very much more protection in the breeding season than others). In habit the most important distinction is the preference for flight. Some breeds, especi- ally those native to West Africa, never fly if they can run ; and the cocks of most breeds seem to run further and further as the season. progresses ! Many of us have a patriotic preference for the "Old English bird " ; but is there any truth in the suggestion that he is native ?