BULLET AND SHOT 



and Hume states the extreme range of variation 

 as from 19 to 27 oz. in the case of males, and 

 from 13 to 19 in that of the females. 



THE COMMON PEA-FOWL (Pavo Cristatus) 



This familiar bird is found inhabiting the 

 forested area near cultivation, in suitable localities, 

 all over India. It prefers to combine cover, water, 

 cultivation and quiet. I have bagged pea-fowl 

 in Mysore with both rifle and shot-gun, and 

 consider a young bird as a welcome addition to 

 the larder. A second species, which differs from 

 the common one, occurs in Burmah. 



THE KALEEGE PHEASANT (Euplocamus) 



There are four well-marked species of kaleege, 

 all of which inhabit the north of India. I have 

 shot the black-breasted species (Euplocamus 

 Horsfieldi) in Assam, where it is called the 

 "derrick." It is a good bird for the table, but 

 does not usually afford much sport, except where 

 isolated patches of jungle are separated by cultiva- 

 tion from the large continuous forest, in which case 

 any birds in the former can be beaten out just as 

 pheasants are at home. In the large forest itself, 

 the only way to shoot derricks is to use a dog to 

 put them up, whereupon they rise and perch in 

 trees, and may then be shot sitting. So dense and 

 tangled is the Assam jungle, that were the 



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