﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  NEST 
  AND 
  EGGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEER 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  High 
  up 
  among 
  the 
  tumbled 
  mountains 
  a 
  slight 
  depression 
  is 
  scratched 
  among 
  the 
  ferns 
  and 
  spruce 
  

   needles. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  tree, 
  or 
  beneath 
  the 
  protecting 
  fronds 
  of 
  a 
  deodar 
  branch, 
  

   and 
  here 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid. 
  The 
  little 
  dull-coloured 
  hen 
  sits 
  closely, 
  for 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  crows 
  and 
  monkeys 
  

   are 
  sharp 
  and 
  her 
  plumage 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  against 
  the 
  grass 
  than 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  