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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