BULLET AND SHOT 



shoot the pheasants as they are darting downhill 

 at a very high rate of speed. Moonal breed in 

 May and June. 



THE INDIAN CRIMSON TRAGOPAN (Cerioruis Satyra) 



This is another pheasant whose male is gor- 

 geously attired, and which inhabits parts of the 

 Himalayas, of Gurwahl, Sikkim, Nepaul, and 

 Bhootan. Like the moonal, it affects wooded 

 ranges at high elevations. Unless it be called up 

 to the sportsman by his shikarrie, dogs are required 

 to put up this bird. Cocks weigh from 3^- Ibs. 

 to 4 Ibs. 10 oz., hens being considerably lighter. 



THE KOKLASS PHEASANT (Pucrasia Macrolopha) 



This Himalayan pheasant is, according to Hume,, 

 the best of the Indian species, both for sport and 

 for eating. The middle of November is the most 

 favourable season for shooting the koklass, whose 

 favourite habitat is wooded valleys at an elevation 

 of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. It is not found much 

 lower than 4,000, and occurs as high as 14,000 feet. 

 Well-trained spaniels are useful in this shooting,, 

 and trained men to mark the birds are required 

 for success in the sport. 



The breeding season is the spring and early 

 summer. The cock weighs from a little over 

 2 up to nearly 3 Ibs. 



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