PHEASANT AND SNAKE FIGHT.
A hunter recently saw a pheasant and blacksnake fight. It la-ted for quite a while. The bird moved with such rapidity that the snake was unable to encircle it. The blacksnake retreated once for several feet, but it turned and rushed at the bipl with its head raised at lea-t a foot from the ground. As the two met the pheasant darter! forward and planted its beak square in one of the snake's eyes. She kept up the battle and finally killed it. When the hunter examined the snake its head was almost severed from its body.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 47, 22 November 1890, Page 19
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101PHEASANT AND SNAKE FIGHT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 47, 22 November 1890, Page 19
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