observed in Oudh and Kumaon, 235 



106. EuPLocoMus ALBOCRisTATUs. (KalHdge Pheasant.) 

 Common in Kumaon in the lower hills and in valleys. 



107. PUCRASIA MACROLOPHA. (KokloSS.) 



Common in Kumaon, at a higher elevation than the Kallidge 

 Pheasant, which is replaced in its turn by the Cheer at a still 

 greater height. 



108. Phasianus wallichii. (Cheer.) 



Also called by Europeans the " Golden Pheasant." Common 

 in Kumaon : nesting in May. 



109. LoPHOPHORUs impeyanus. (Monal.) 



Found in great numbers on the higher hills in Kumaon, and 

 seems to keep just at the edge of the snow. It is at first a 

 difficult bird to shoot, flying downhill, as all the Himalayan 

 Pheasants do, at a most tremendous rate ; a little practice, how- 

 ever, will soon enable one to kill them ; but at the time of year I 

 saw them, I only shot two or three, as they were beginning to 

 lay. The flesh of the Monal in May was not very good — nothing 

 equal to our English pheasant ; but the time of year might have 

 caused this. The best-flavoured Himalayan Pheasants are the 

 Cheer and Kokloss, according to the judgment of confirmed 

 epicures. The Monal, in England, is, I see, called the Impeyau : 

 why not retain its native name of Monal, which is certainly 

 shorter, and possibly less of a mouthful ? 



110. Pterocles arenarius. (Big Sand Grouse.) 



Two or three large flocks were seen near Hurdue in January 

 1860, and many killed. Both the species of the Indian Sand 

 Grouse which I have tasted are uneatable, and in this respect 

 certainly tend to confirm what the natives say, " that they live 

 upon sand." 



111. Pterocles exustus. (Common Sand Grouse.) 



Very common on sandy plains, from January to July inclusive. 

 I found two eggs in June, both addled. There was no nest, the 

 eggs being merely laid on the bare sand. They veiy closely 

 resembled, in size, colour, and markings, the eggs of Caprimulgus 

 europceus. There were no trees or bushes within two miles of 

 the spot ; if there had been, I should have referred the eggs 



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