PLATE XXVII 



CHINESE SILVER KALEEGE 



Gennaeus nydhemerus (Linnaeus) 



This, the beautiful bird of "day and night," ranges across the whole of south China, from the 

 Burmese border almost to the sea-coast of Fokien. It is found in open forest, on clear, rolling hills and 

 along swift rivers. While the Silver Kaleege is common in captivity, yet no white man has ever seen 

 the nest and eggs of a wild bird. Enormous numbers were formerly killed for their plumage, but now 

 the Chinese have developed a taste for their flesh and trap and shoot the bird extensively. 



