PHOTOGRAVURE 3 



HOME OF THE NORTHERN BLOOD PARTRIDGE 



An alpine feeding ground of Blood Partridges in the autumn. When the snow melts on the Nanshan 

 Mountains in north central China a dense growth of plants springs up, and in midsummer these meadows 

 are ablaze with colour. The Blood Partridges nest among the blossoms and pluck the buds and scratch 

 up the shallow-rooted plants for grubs. As autumn approaches, the petals fall and the meadows become 

 covered with a myriad seed cases, hard-seeded berries, and fluffy-topped everlastings. Then the Partridges 

 pass back and forth with their broods, brushing off the filmy seeds, restless and ever ready at the first 

 blackening frost to retreat to lower levels. 



HOME OF KUSER'S BLOOD PARTRIDGE 



In northern Yunnan, the winds from the snows find their way over the passes along narrow paths. 

 On either hand, rugged oaks and pines are able to keep a roothold, but in the sweep of the icy blast nothing 

 can grow but low, stunted bamboos and coarse grass. The Blood Partridges live at these altitudes, roost 

 among the trees, but find their food in the flower-dotted expanses of the close-cropped upland meadows. 



