PHOTOGRAVURE 6/ 



HOME, AND THE NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREY OR BURMESE 



PEACOCK PHEASANT 



During the height of the rains the hen Peacock Pheasants retire to the deepest, most secluded parts 

 of the jungle ; perhaps in some dense bamboo tangle. Here, on the ground, among ferns and moss and 

 fallen leaves, she lays two white eggs, which are so conspicuous that they would attract every hostile eye, 

 were It not that she sits close for three weeks, her brown molded hues merging perfectly with the surrounding 

 vegetation. 



