PLATE I 

 PHEASANT. Pkasianus colchicus. 



May io///, 1893. The Pheasant's nest in this Plate is a remarkably open 

 one ; when I came across it the bird was sitting on the eggs with her tail 

 up against the trunk of the tree. I succeeded in getting everything ready, 

 but she flew off just as I was putting in my slide. 



One of the eggs was very small, and had no yolk to it ; it was covered 

 with tiny excrescences of chalk, and had a very thick shell. 



