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occurs in Tipperah and Sylhet, but it 

 has not yet been procured in Manipur. 



Readers of Messrs. Hume and Marshall's 

 work are familiar with Mr. Hodgson's 

 charming account of this Florican. It 

 is too lengthy to be reproduced here, and 

 I must be content to quote Dr. Jerdon's 

 briefer note. He says : — " It frequents 

 large tracts of moderately high grass, 

 whether interspersed with bushes or 

 otherwise, grass chars on rivers, and 

 occasionally cultivation, but it appears to 

 be very caprkious in its choice of ground, 

 several often congregating in some spots 

 to the exclusion of others that seemed 

 equally favourable for it. From February 

 to April it may be seen stalking about the 

 thin grass early in the morning, and it 

 is noticed to be often found about newly- 

 burnt patches Birds at this time, 



as well as during the earlier part of the 

 year, are usually found singly, sometimes 

 in pairs, male and female not far distant 

 from each other." 



The nesting season lasts from May to 

 July or August. At this period the male 

 bird is in the habit of rising into the air 

 some ten or twenty feet with a quick 

 motion of his wings, raising his crest and 

 puffing out his neck and breast, and 



