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. 
