PHOTOGRAVU RE 57 



NEST AND EGGS OF IJIMA'S COPPER PHEASANT 



This nest of five eggs was a late one, and possibly the second attempt of a^hen whose earlier effort had 

 come to naught through a marauding fox or raven. The nest was a mere depression near the base of a tall 

 tree, and protected only by a few stalks of grass. The hen was not seen, although the eggs were warm when 

 I first discovered them. She had slipped off and away while I was still at a distance. 



