xiv LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES 



Photogravure 51. HAUNTS OF THE COREAN RING-NECKED PHEASANT 



Photographs by Roy C. Andrews. Facing page 128 



Typical pheasant country in Corea consists of hills fifty to five hundred feet high, with 

 warm and deep valleys between. The hills are of red and yellow clay with little rock, and are 

 covered on the side with bush firs two to four feet high, while the summits are sparsely wooded 

 with larger trees. 



In some localities fifty birds may be shot in a day. In the rice districts the pheasants 

 feed to a large extent on this grain and on millet and small red berries. 



Photogravure 52. HOME OF THE JAPANESE GREEN PHEASANT 



Photographs by William Beebe. Facing page 134 



The shores of the myriad lakes which surround Mount Fuji are often tracked up by small 

 parties of pheasants which come down to drink. They wander only a short distance up the 

 slopes and hide their eggs beneath some dense-foliaged pine, or close to a fallen tree or 

 boulder. The breeding begins in March and extends through April and May, and only a 

 single brood is reared in a season. 



JAPANESE PHEASANT BY HOKASAI 



Hokasai, who was born in 1760 and died in 1849, was the greatest of Japanese painters. 

 He lived simply, worked diligently and painted many subjects, bridges, waterfalls. Mount Fuji, 

 portraits and objects of natural history. 



Photogravure 53. NEST AND EGGS OF THE JAPANESE GREEN PHEASANT 



Photographs by William Beebe. Facing page 138 



The nest is placed on the ground, without a special lining except for dead leaves and 

 other debris which may have been in the depression when first occupied by the hen. The eggs 

 are the smallest of all this group of pheasants, and vary in colour from pale stone-colour to 

 dark brown. 



The hawks, kites, crows, magpies, weasels and snakes are enemies both of eggs and newly 

 hatched young birds. 



Photogravure 54. HOME OF REEVES'S PHEASANT IN CENTRAL CHINA 



Photographs by William Beebe. Facing page 150 



The favourite haunt of the Reeves is in certain mid-reaches of the Yangtse where black, 

 frowning cliff's rise sheer hundreds of feet above either bank, covered with gnarled, stunted 

 vegetation which is deformed by the elements and scanty nourishment. 



Once when a line of beaters was trying to locate a young tiger which had made a kill, two 

 cock Reeves flushed suddenly, one of which rose straight ahead, high up over the pines, while 

 the other bird doubled back suddenly and shot past with terrific speed, dodging the beaters 

 and the trunks of the trees with such sharp turns that the long, flowing tail-feathers seemed 

 fairly to curl around the trunks as the bird veered past. 



Photogravure 55. JAPANESE HOME OF THE COPPER PHEASANT 



Photographs by William Beebe. Facing page 160 



These beautiful birds like the shelter of low grass and bamboo, and come into the open 

 to feed upon grubs and insects and acorns. They haunt the same places throughout the heat 

 of summer and the bitter winds of winter, often roosting in trees and feeding along the margin 

 of streams, almost always within sight of the splendour of Fuji. 



