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" A well-wooded ravine, with plenty of 

 thorny undergrowth and with a stream of 

 water in it, is always a favourite resort of 

 this species." 



In another place, he remarked : — " The 

 male has a partridge-like call heard in 

 the morning and evenings during the cold 

 season." 



Colonel W. C. Plowden has the 

 following note about this Spur-Fowl : — 

 " Their habits are vile, as they won't 

 break, and always fly back through the 

 beaters if there is another thicket within 

 20 or 30 yards ; and if they are very 

 hard pressed, we found they would 

 sometimes make an efl*ort to get away. 

 One pair I found in a tree after furious 

 driving and they had been put up several 

 times. Their note I heard three times, 

 when they were a bit pressed. It 

 sounded like coo, coo, coo, coooh very 

 low." 



This Spur-Fowl is found at all elevations 

 up to 5000 or 6000 feet. 



The Red Spur-Fowl breeds from 

 February to June, and it has been 

 suggested that this bird may have a 

 second brood in the autumn. The nest 

 is a slight structure of a few dead leaves, 

 placed in a hollow in the ground in 



