Habitat of Himalayan Birds 



majority of the trees are rhododendrons : these, 

 when they put forth their blossoms in spring, 

 display a mass of crimson colouring. From 

 the Gagar pass the road descends for some 

 3 miles through forest to the valley of the 

 Ramganga. For about a mile the path follows 

 the left bank of this small stream ; it then 

 crosses it by a suspension bridge, and forthwith 

 begins to mount gradually the bare rocky 

 Pathargarhi mountain. On the mountain side, 

 a few hundred feet above the Ramganga, is a 

 village of three score double-storeyed houses. 

 These are very picturesque. Their white walls 

 are set off by dark brown woodwork. But 

 alas they are as whited sepulchres. It is only 

 from a distance that they are picturesque. 

 They are typical abodes of the hill folk. 



From the Pathargarhi pass the path makes 

 a steep descent down a well-wooded moun- 

 tain-side to the Deodar stream. After cross- 

 ing this by a stone bridge, the path continues 

 its switch-back course upwards on a wooded 

 hillside to the Laldana Binaik pass, whence it 

 descends gradually for 6 miles, through first 

 rhododendron then pine forest to the Sual 

 river. This river is crossed by a suspension 

 bridge. From the Sual the path makes an 



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