Question

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Answer 1

D. The hikers spotted a red-tailed pheasant.

Red modifies tail, not pheasant because the hikers spotted a pheasant with a red tail, not a red pheasant with a tail. When "a noun + an adjective" becomes a compound adjective, you need to use a hyphen.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is A

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