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the sea, where, crossing this river into the 

 westernmost portions of the Vindyas, it 

 runs up through Rewa Kantha and Mahi 

 Kantha to Abu, and thence along the 

 Arvalis to beyond the well-known Dasuri 

 Pass, stragglers having even been obtained 

 half way between this and Beawur." 



Throughout the hill-ranges of Southern 

 India, this species occurs commonly up 

 to 5000 feet and occasionally up to 

 7000 feet. 



The habits of this Jungle-Fowl appear 

 to differ in few respects from those of 

 the Red Jungle-Fowl. The following 

 note by the late Mr. Davison is interesting. 

 He wrote : " This species occurs all 

 through the Wynaad in the Mysore 

 country, ascending quite to the summit 

 of the Nilghiris, and is pretty abundant. 

 The undergrowth of many of the forests 

 on the Nilghiris is almost entirely com- 

 posed of Strobilanthes whitiani^ and when 

 this seeds, as it does once in about seven 

 years, the Jungle-Fowl assemble in vast 

 numbers to feed on the seed. They do 

 this too when the bamboo seeds. In 

 places where, as in the vicinity of Oota- 

 camund and Coonoor, they are much 

 disturbed they become exceedingly shy 

 and wary, but where they are not much 



