PHOTOGRAVURE 86 



MOUNTAIN HAUNTS OF THE GREEN PEAFOWL IN JAVA 



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. 



