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211. Turtur suratensis (Latham). 

 Deccan and lower Himalayan Ranges, common. 



212. Turtur orientalis (Latham). 



Western Himalayas, including Cashmere and Ladakh, common. 



213. Turtur senegalensis (Linnaeus). 



Deccan, Scinde, Punjab : not seen on the Western Himalayas. 



214. Pavo cristatus, Linnaeus. 



Commonly called "Mo-or" by the natives of the Punjab and 

 lower Himalayan Ranges. Is very generally distributed over these 

 parts ; is held sacred by many castes, and accordingly well preserved. 

 At Kullar Kuhar, among the Salt Mountains of the Punjab, there 

 are several shrines where the Pea-fowl collect from the neighbouring 

 jungles to be fed by the fakirs and religious devotees ; there, at 

 break of day, as the sportsman is clambering over the rough sides 

 of the ravines in quest of Houriar (Ovis vignei), he will often be 

 struck with the scene, as hundreds of male Pea-Yowl, in all their 

 native elegance and beauty, clash down the glens with a rapidity of 

 flight unknown to the denizens of the English farm-yard. Many 

 sportsmen ignore this species, and will not allow it a place in their 

 game-list : it is true that in many localities they might be killed 

 with little trouble ; but among the dense and tangled jungles of the 

 lower Himalayan Ranges it is found wild and wary. 



215. Ceriornis melanocephala (Gray). 



Tragopan hastingsii, Vigors. 



Jewaz of the natives. Argus Pheasant of Europeans. 



This very handsome and beautiful species is a native of the higher 

 ranges of the N.W. Himalayas. Distant from the habitations of 

 man, among the dense woods and jungles of the middle ranges, this 

 shy and wary bird secretes itself. Generally seen in small companies 

 of from three to ten or fifteen. It is nearly three times the size of the 

 Colchican Pheasant. When alarmed, it utters a loud wailing cry of 

 ud, d, d, d, particularly at twilight ; and the sportsman is often 

 struck by its peculiar call long before he becomes acquainted with 

 the bird. They run with great rapidity, and secrete themselves 

 among the thick foliage, allowing the sportsman to approach within 

 a few yards ; indeed it is seldom, unless when hard pressed, they 

 take to flight. Common on the wooded ranges N.W. of Simla, 

 and Southern Pinjal forests of Cashmere. 



216. Gallus ferrugineus (Gmelin). 



Gallus bankiva, Temminck. 



Sub-Himalayan jungles, but confined to localities ; common near 

 Simla, rare on the ranges south of Cashmere and westward of Jamoo. 



