PHOTOGRAVURE 42 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE CHEER PHEASANT 



High up among the tumbled mountains a slight depression is scratched among the ferns and spruce 

 needles. It is usually close to the trunk of a tree, or beneath the protecting fronds of a deodar branch, 

 and here the eggs are laid. The little dull-coloured hen sits closely, for the eyes of crows and monkeys 

 are sharp and her plumage is much less conspicuous against the grass than the eggs. 



