LIST OF MAPS XV 



Photogravure 84. FOOD OF THE GREEN PEAFOWL . . . Facing page ig6 



Photographs by William Beebe. 



In common with many other members of the Pheasant Family, the principal item of diet 

 of Green Peafowl is white ants or termites. These omnipresent insects are scratched out of 

 their turreted homes, or picked up as they march from place to place (as in the lower photograph). 

 Even the large-headed, strong-jawed soldiers are no protection against the devastating beaks of 

 peafowl, although I have shot these birds with ten or fifteen heads of termite soldiers fastened 

 in their mouth and throat, the jaws of the insects being firmly fixed in death in the lateral tissues. 



Photogravure Z^. JAVAN LOWLANDS FROM A PEAFOWL ROOST . Facing page 198 



Photograph by William Beebe, 



In the lowlands of this island peafowl inhabit narrow valleys between limestone ridges, grassy 

 in character, with thorny acacias and occasional cotton trees on which they roost. Here they feed 

 principally on small red berries. 



Photogravure 86. MOUNTAIN HAUNTS OF THE GREEN PEAFOWL IN 



JAVA ......... Facing page 200 



Photograph by William Beebe. 



The most picturesque place inhabited by these birds is the mountains of central Java. Never 

 will I forget an early morning when, from the tent door, I looked out across a magnificent gorge 

 to a high, misty waterfall beyond. Small birds of many species had flown from their roosts in 

 small side gorges down to the stream for their early morning drink. At last came the wholly 

 unexpected sight of three Green Peafowl, two with long trains, shooting like meteors across the 

 rainbowed depths. They appeared, glowed like opals in the low-slanted rays, and vanished. 



Photogravure 87. SILVER PHEASANTS ROOSTING . . . Facing page 202 



Photograph by William Beebe. 



Midnight flashlight of Silver Pheasants roosting in a tree in the Faircourt Aviaries of Colonel 

 Anthony R. Kuser, at Bernardsville, New Jersey. 



MAPS 



Map XV. SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GOLDEN PHEASANTS 



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Map XVI. „ „ „ BRONZE-TAILED PEA- 



Map XVII. 

 Map XVIII. 



Map XIX. 

 Map XX. 



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PEACOCK PHEASANTS 



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OCELLATED 





PHEASANTS 



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ARGUS PHEASANTS . 



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THE PEAFOWL . 



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