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looo up to 6000 feet, and it is occasionally 

 found at both lower and higher elevations. 

 It frequents forest and scrub, rarely 

 coming out to cleared land except in the 

 mornings and evenings to feed, and even 

 then seldom leaving the cover for many 

 yards. 



"At no time of the day is it a shy 

 bird, but in the evenings and early 

 mornings it is almost as tame as a 

 domestic fowl, and, if feeding on the 

 road, will leisurely walk but a few steps 

 out of the way of a passer-by. 



" It appears to dislike sunshine, and 

 scarcely leaves the shade of trees or 

 shrubs while the sun is up. 



" It seldom, if ever, perches in the day- 

 time, but keeps to the ground, unless 

 suddenly disturbed by dogs or wild 

 animals, when it may take refuge in a 

 tree as a last resource. If alarmed by 

 men it always runs along under the 

 scrub if the circumstances are favourable 

 for that mode of escape, but if not, it 

 flies within twenty feet of the ground for 

 forty or fifty yards, and then again alights 

 on the ground. By making a short 

 detour they will be found close to where 

 they alighted." 



The Black-backed Kalij-Pheasant breeds 



