PHOTOGRAVURE 83 



WHERE THE GREEN PEAFOV\AL FIND FOOD AND REST 



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After a leisurely morning drink, the birds feed ; not in deep jungle where the sudden rush of an 

 enemy would find them helpless, but in an open glade with an abundance of white ant nests, or else 

 along the more exposed banks of the river itself. 



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As the heat of the day increases, the birds often work their way to the heart of a rotan thorn 

 tangle, and here doze and idly preen their plumage and wait for the coolness of afternoon. No creature 

 in the world can move quickly or quietly in such a maze of thorns and cruel briers, and the birds are 

 safe from all molestation. 



