The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

have told you Of the game birds. Ad-
iacent to one Of Oregon's three forestry
exhibits in the Palace of Forestry is
section where you may spend pleasant
Is some of your moments asking and
seeing. Let your artistic self ask your
inventive self how you might repaint
the Chinese pheasant to improve Its
beauty. solomon and the glory Of his
surroundings are to this bird as thirty
centayos to the Bonanza mine. The
Chinese pheasant has the plumage of
the orient aud grace of royalty. He is
royal indeed as game fowl Out in
Oregon they call him the denny bird
because Judge A. Y. Denny introduced
him from China about twenty years
ago. Originally twenty eight pairs, the
birds have multiplied with marvellous
aptitude at figures under the protection
Of law till they are millions. only in
October may they be shot legally, and
eighteen is the limit for any one sports
man.
spoke Of the raiment Of these pleas
ants. Here's where my pencil halts, as
it would halt at the glorious cascades,
the rich floral embroidery Of the sunk
en- gardens or the parterres Of Trans
verse avenue in the worlds fair. Color
and its combinations battle the best Of
us. Feebly, then, the gorgeous male
pheasant has markings Of rich red about
the eyes, black above the beak. chang
..4- ~ t,tsl5s,xa,,f Ef,,ar erraav1S anil
gray. Two green tipped tufts an inch
long shoot out above the ears to give
him grace and verve The throat and
neck are iridescent dark blue About
the neck he wears a white collar an
inch wide but narrow at the throat, as
if it were but pinned neatly, and per-
feet fit 1t Is. The breast Is iridescent
brown. the back Of feathers brown and
black with edges tipped with green.
Then comes an area Of brown and
white feathers and then light blue hair
ike feathers. The wings are drab tend
ing to pearl and notified with white.
His tail is six long large feathers, two
OF them full two feet In length. The
female wears q gown Of pretty silk in
several shades OF brown, with mot
! things Of black not without beauty, but
very modest indeed beside her lord.
The Chinese pheasant is a fighter. and
exclusion laws would have no terrors
for him. lie has driven other valued
game birds from the lowlands Of VIII
lamette valley to the wooded foothills
and mountains. Here are some Of the
vanquished sitting III state beside him
for visltorial inspection
The mountain quail in his delicate
blue garb. an inhabitant of the old
slashings and thick copses; the English
quail. an importation, and the valley
quail are all such birds as the sports
man loves to see and, In the eye Of
nature lovers. too beautiful TO shoot
| Here. too, is bobwhite, all the way
from the Carolinas. a follower Of civ
ilization. Not many years ago he was
unknown In Oregon, but he loves cul-
tivated fields. and here he is. as Il
shouting bis name to the countryside
on the western side Of the Rockies,
The beautiful rufTed grouse with his
dark epaulets. Is here, but no longer
from the lowlands Of the willamette,
for the Chinese pheasant now lords
over his old domain. The runed grouse
is an easy mark and is becoming
scarce. Any kind of a dog can scare
him up, and he will sit on Q bush while
any kind Of marksman with any kind
| Of blunderbuss brings him down The
blue grouse IS timber bird q noisy
drummer who lives on bugs and
! sprouts. Take look, too, at the sharp
! tailed grouse and wish yourself in
Oregon Iii the open season.
/ The ptarmigan is way north bird,
! but Oregon claims few Of them.
Here are two with their pure white
plumage. the snow color that denotes
\ their arctic preferences. AT other sea
sons than winter the ptarmigan ap-
| pears in several shades Of brown
dark. notified and light. Copper pleas
ants from japan are under the protec-
ton Of law. Twelve kinds Of ducks
| stand among the game birds, from the
black jack and gray winged teal 70
those old favorites, the canyasback and
| mallard
Alongside the game birds are the
fish. Oregon makes but one display,
the royal chinook salmon the red
aeshed fish best known in the east as
1 a timed article no true Oregonian
can sound too highly the praises Of the
royal chinook the highest development
Of the salmon whose home Is the Co
lumbia river.
A touch Of life is given to the Oregon
section by pen Of twelve live Chinese
pheasants which William G. Hare, the
superintendent Of the fish and game
exhibit, has Just installed.
| Fair Grounds, Sc. Louis,
Bees In a PnrIor.
IN a fashionable drawing room in
London great lady keeps hive OF
bees The open window gives her pets