﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
  53 
  

  

  NEST 
  AND 
  EGGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  JAPANESE 
  GREEN 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  The 
  nest 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  without 
  a 
  special 
  lining 
  except 
  for 
  dead 
  leaves 
  and 
  other 
  debris 
  which 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  depression 
  when 
  first 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  hen. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  all 
  this 
  

   group 
  of 
  pheasants, 
  and 
  vary 
  in 
  colour 
  from 
  pale 
  stone-colour 
  to 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

  

  The 
  hawks, 
  kites, 
  crows, 
  magpies, 
  weasels 
  and 
  snakes 
  are 
  enemies 
  both 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  newly 
  hatched 
  

   young 
  birds. 
  

  

  