a andSumatra. Its wings consist of very large feathers, nearly three feet long, theouter part of which is adorned with rows of great spots like eyes. It is calledArgus, after the imaginary Argus with his hundred eyes. 184 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. The daily life of the pheasant is very much like that of… … CHINESE PHEASANTS. Early in the morning he visits the open fields, and searches for the tendershoots of the grass and of many of the meadow plants, and will pick upworms £nd insects. Later in the season, acorns, and beech nuts, and wildberries form articles of diet. But during a severe winter the…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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