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fire a gun they also call which is a habit of domestic peafowl.

[[circled left]] 21 [[/circled left]] The old ♂ was seen again today on the point. A was waiting behind a bush for peafowl & I at a distance of 200 yds saw this sly old bird get up on a large rock on the open rocky beach & look at A's position & then turn around & sneak away unseen by A.  It was a plain case of the stalker [[strikethrough]] being [[/strikethrough]] stalked. I shot an adult ♀ which flew over my head & alight on the beach opposite me.  As she alighted she noticed me under some trees 25 yds away & started to fly but I brought her down with a shot wing broken. Then she made for the river & we picked her up in the water.  She was ^[[resplendant]] green with a large topnot & looked like a immature ♂ but she contained a series of large eggs.  The peafowl inhabit dry leafless bush here & call daily but only at daybreak & at