﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
  57 
  

  

  NEST 
  AND 
  EGGS 
  OF 
  IJIMA'S 
  COPPER 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  This 
  nest 
  of 
  five 
  eggs 
  was 
  a 
  late 
  one, 
  and 
  possibly 
  the 
  second 
  attempt 
  of 
  a 
  hen 
  whose 
  earlier 
  effort 
  had 
  

   come 
  to 
  naught 
  through 
  a 
  marauding 
  fox 
  or 
  raven. 
  The 
  nest 
  was 
  a 
  mere 
  depression 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  tall 
  

   tree, 
  and 
  protected 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  stalks 
  of 
  grass. 
  The 
  hen 
  was 
  not 
  seen, 
  although 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  warm 
  when 
  

   I 
  first 
  discovered 
  them. 
  She 
  had 
  slipped 
  off 
  and 
  away 
  while 
  I 
  was 
  still 
  at 
  a 
  distance. 
  

  

  