FRONTISPIECE, PLATE XLV 



THE COMMON KOKLASS PHEASANT 



Pucrasia macrolopha macrolopha (Lesson) 



This Koklass is shy and rather solitary, adverse to gathering in large flocks even to feed. It is 

 pre-eminently monogamous, and the pairs remain together throughout the year. 



It invariably roosts in trees. I have found them well up in deep conifers, and they return night 

 after night to their favourite perch. In spring, at least, they roost in pairs, or the male alone when the 

 female has begun to sit. 



