PHOTOGRAVURE 77 



NESTING GROUND AND ENTRANCE TO PEAFOWL'S NEST 



A peahen's nest in south Ceylon was guarded by dangerous water buffalo, which fed slowly over the 

 grassy plains, always accompanied by a ring of white herons or catde egrets. 



The nest itself was well hidden in a tangle of underbrush, surrounded by coarse, high grass, over 

 which the peahen leaped when leaving or returning to her nest, the barrier being thus unbroken by any 

 worn track which might reveal the frequent passage of the parent bird. 



