Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 114
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fire a gun that also call which is a habit of domestic peafowl. (21) The old Q was seen again today on the Point. A man waiting behind brush for pea- fowl & saw a distance away, saw this old bird get up and langer out on the open chke path look at his position then turn around & check away unseen by A. It was a plain case of the falcon being stalked. I shot an adult Q which flew over my head & alight on the beach opposite me. As she alighted she noticed me under some willows 25yds away & started to fly but I brought her down with a shot wing broken. Then she plunged for the water & we picked her up in the water. She was green with a large top, not it looked like an immature Q but she contained a series of large eggs. The peafowl inhabits dry leafless brush here & call daily but only at daybreak or at