PHOTOGRAVURE 40 



GARHWAL HOME OF THE KOKLASS PHEASANT 



In May I found Koklass in pairs among the great forests of deodar, fir and oak in native Garhwal. 

 On the steep upper slopes the trunks of these splendid trees all spring diagonally from the ground and 

 at once make a sharp curve upward, standing straight as plummets— living guides to the angle of the 

 slope. 



The park-like spaces between the trees, thick with generations of needles, purple and white anemones 

 and the abundant long-stemmed strawberry, are favourite feeding-grounds of the Koklass. Here they 

 scratch deep holes in the debris of the forest floor in search of grubs and other insects. 



