THE KASTURA l97 



questions of territorial possession. The 

 Kastura's household consists only of its 

 mate. A party of four or five is not an 

 unusual sight but it is only the year- old 

 youngsters receiving field-training under 

 parental tuition, to be soon dismissed to 

 shift for themselves. Though the Kastura 

 stoutly refuses the society of its kindred, it 

 seems to be little afraid of the usurpation of 

 its territorial rights by other birds. In the 

 Jhoras it may be seen feeding amicably with 

 the small plumbeous Red-start {Wiyacornis 

 fidiginosus) and its bigger congener, the 

 dignified White-capped Redstart (Chimar- 

 rhornis leiicocephalus). This triumvirate 

 seems to live on extremely good terms, not- 

 withstandino' the ojreat difference in their size. 

 In its wanderinofs the Kastura ranches 

 all elevations up to the snowline. In spring 



biological necessity drives it down 

 Nests and to the depths of the glens and 

 ^ggs valleys where invariably by the 



side of a stream or cascade, it 

 keeps home for the few months from April 



