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he may stand for an hour under it and 

 examme almost every leaf and branch 

 without being able to discover the bird, and 

 should he succeed in doing so, he will even 

 then often be disappointed in getting a shot ; 

 as they seem to keep their eye fixed on then- 

 pursuer's movements, and to be aware of 

 the very moment they are discovered, dart- 

 ing off before he can put the gun to his 

 shoulder ; in fact, I doubt whether Argus 

 himself, with his hundred eyes, ever kept 

 so good a look out as his namesakes in 

 the Himalayas do with their two. 



The plumage of the Argus and other 

 pheasants I have mentioned, is so well known, 

 from the numerous specimens in every collec- 

 tion at home, both public and private, that it 

 is needless to describe it. 



The habits of the kalleege, cheer, cocklass, 

 and moonall, do not call for any particular 

 notice ; except, perhaps, the pugnacity of the 

 kalleege, the males seldom meeting without 

 a desperate encounter. On one occasion, 

 Wilson had shot a male bird, which lay 



