Descriptive List of Birds 



black, narrowly bordered with white above and 

 below. The call of this bird is ku-ku-ku. 

 There is a considerable hiatus between the 

 second and the third ku. 



This is the common dove of Srinagar. At 

 Simla it occurs up to 6000 feet, as does the 

 Spotted Dove (Turtur suraiensis). This last, 

 which occurs at Dharmsala up to 5000 feet, 

 may be recognised by the black-and-white 

 chess-board on each side of the neck, and by 

 the brown back having reddish spots on it. 

 This and the other doves have a little white 

 in the tail. 



Pheasants 



Pheasants are well represented in the Hima- 

 layas. The monal, horned pheasants, cheer, 

 pukras and kalij are all found in those moun- 

 tains, and the monal and the pukras in Kashmir. 



The monal, horned pheasants and pukras 

 usually occur in summer at higher elevations 

 than the hill stations. The cheer is nowhere 

 common. The common pheasant of the 

 various hill stations is one or other of the kalij 

 species. 



162. Ge7in^us alhicristatus : The White- 

 crested Kalij Pheasant. F. 1336, J.810, -hV. W. 

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