Vol. XVIII 

 1919 



'] Dove, Forgotten Feathers. 203 



also observed the Eagle, the Hawk, the Cuckoo, " la Pigneche," 

 " la Grieve," " la Perdix," Quail, and other kinds. Here, except 

 with the Magpie, we can only speculate as to the species referred 

 to; probably " le Coiicou" was the large Pallid species, and the 

 Quail the Brown, which is plentiful on some of the islands. 

 " Criesche " is an old French word meaning " speckled," so " la 

 Pigneche " may have been one of the Rails. The " beautiful 

 golden-winged Pigeon," of which a specimen was obtained, was 

 unquestionably the Bronze-wing {Phaps chalcoptera). " La 

 Grieve " in all probability refers to the Shrike-Thrush {Collyrio- 

 cincla rectirostris), which " thrusts itself upon the notice by its 

 bold approach and rich whistling notes," while I should say that 

 the " speckled one " may very well have been the Spotted Ground- 

 Bird {Cinclosoma piinctatum), not at all uncommon now, and 

 probably very plentiful at the time the observant Baudin visited 

 our shores. 



The Jungle and the Snows. 



By Robert Hall, C.M.B.O.U. 



The following should be read in conjunction with tables A to E 

 of the paper printed in our last issue, pp. 109-117 : — 



Approximate Distribution of Simla Hills Pheasants. 



Table A. — Monals.— (i) Common Monal {Lophophorits refulgens) — 



East Afghanistan to W. Bhotan. 



(2) Chamba or Impeyan Pheasant [L. 



impeyanus) — Chamba, N.W. Himalaya. 



(3) De Huys's Monal (L. d'hiiysii)~W est 



Sze-chun, in West China, to East 

 Koko-nor. 



(4) Sclater's Monal {L. sclateri) — E. and S.E. 



of Sadya, N.E. Assam. 

 Table B. — White-crested Kalij — Hazara to Nepal. - 

 Table C. — Common Koklas — Chamba to Kumaon. 

 Table D. — Chir or Cheer — Chamba to Nepal. 



Table E. — Western Horned Tragopan — Higher ranges of Cash- 

 mere to Gurhwal. 



As representatives of these five genera are all to be found along 

 the Hindustani-Tibet road of the Simla Hill States, the localities 

 in which they may be found are tabulated. Var^dng as they do 

 in the character of their food, the localities naturally vary 

 botanically. It is these plant differences that help to indicate 

 the habitats of tlie species, so the common foods are also shown. 

 The characters of flight as the birds leave the ground are so different 

 as to warrant their being listed as an aid to identifying the birds 

 on sight. It is quite possible, by means of this table, that all the 

 Pheasants of the Simla Hills could be identified without the use 

 of a gun. This is the intention. 



