PHOTOGRAVURE 28 



BORNEAN HOME OF THE WHITE-TAILED WATTLED PHEASANT 



On the slopes of the rolling hills of central Sarawak, in the warm jungles, sloping down to the 

 yellow rivers, these magnificent pheasants have lived for untold centuries. Only by days of the most 

 patient watching can they be seen, and more often a fleeting glimpse is all that rewards a pains- 

 taking stalk. 



Beneath the tangles of soft-fronded climbing ferns, or the solid phalanx of bamboos, the birds may 

 remain hidden a few yards distant, and never be discovered. The young birds are less wary, and, trusting 

 more to their inconspicuous colouring, often come into more open spaces, to scratch for food or to preen 

 their plumage. 



