Pheasants

Hunting for pheasants is his favorite thing to do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The salt water will help draw out much of the blood and soda supposedly reduces the gamey taste (not much of that in pheasants). ❋ Unknown (2009)

But plucking a brace of pheasants is such a messy job; my preference is for a gift of a nice carrier bag of venison (shot under licence of course.) ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

I believe there are also cross - genus pheasant hybrids, though whether pheasants are as divergent as Buteonine hawks and Accipiters I haven't a clue. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

In a battle at the river Phasis (whence come the birds called pheasants, which are found in abundance at the banquets of the great all over the world) Tanausis, king of the Goths, met ❋ Jordanes (N/A)

And it will be some time before the moon serves again; and then the Christmas holidays will be coming on; and by next term the pheasants will all have been shot off. ❋ Lewis Hough (N/A)

Another pheasant answered him from somewhere above at the upper part of the wood, and it occurred to both of us that the pheasants were the night-riders, making their private signals. ❋ John Masefield (1922)

_American Homes and Gardens _has an account of the breeding of pheasants, which is of interest. ❋ Bolton Hall (1896)

During the 25 years that the rail line went unused, it became a kind of open-air gallery overgrown with brush and home to wildlife such as pheasants, foxes, and rabbits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other species such as pheasants, and tragopans-e. g., ❋ Unknown (2008)

A host of other kinds of game fell to our guns, such as pheasants and partridges of a kind, running birds of various species, and parrots, which at times literally darkened the sky. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Why, you nasty little animal, do you know that I have killed hundreds like you, and, "he added, with a sudden afflatus of pride," thousands of other creatures, such as pheasants, to say nothing of deer and larger game? ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

At shooting preserves, farm-raised game birds such as pheasants, chukkar partridge and bobwhite quail are released in given areas to be pursued by wingshooters and their dogs in much the same way wild birds are hunted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mature beech trees and wildlife such as pheasants, red squirrels and buzzards, together with views of the surrounding Sperrins make just being on the course a pleasure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When grouse must emerge to feed, they employ their specially adapted digestive system -- shared with related birds such as pheasants and quail -- that allows them to "fill up" fast and retreat to a roost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

State and federal agencies say trees are detrimental to grassland-nesting birds such as pheasants, ducks and some songbirds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The prairie will help to stabilize the banks and provide nesting cover for birds such as pheasants, ducks and song birds.

"like half-rotten musk" -- a poor diet after "pheasants" and Peruvian wine. ❋ John Masefield (1922)