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  MOUNT 
  ARIZAN 
  : 
  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  MIKADO 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  The 
  Mikado 
  Pheasant 
  lives 
  among 
  the 
  wild 
  fastnesses 
  of 
  Mount 
  Arizan, 
  Formosa. 
  Dense 
  forests 
  

  

  clothe 
  the 
  steep 
  slopes 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  summit, 
  clinging 
  to 
  sheer 
  cliffs, 
  overhanging 
  breathless 
  gorges. 
  

  

  Here, 
  from 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  two 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  sea, 
  in 
  gloomy 
  cypress 
  jungles 
  and 
  among 
  bamboo 
  

   and 
  rhododendron 
  thickets, 
  these 
  magnificent, 
  velvety-black 
  birds 
  feed, 
  and. 
  call, 
  and 
  mate, 
  and 
  rear 
  their 
  

  

  chicks. 
  Where 
  man 
  can 
  only 
  cling, 
  and 
  creep 
  with 
  snail-like 
  pace, 
  the 
  intimate 
  life 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  these 
  

   pheasants 
  must 
  long 
  remain 
  a 
  mystery. 
  

  

  