PHOTOGRAVURE 53 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE JAPANESE GREEN PHEASANT 



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. 



