PLATE XXI 



WHITE-CRESTED KALEEGE 



Gennaeus albocristattis (Vigors) 



Over the great spruce forests of Kashmir and Garhwal chilly winds come roaring down from Tibetan 

 snow-peaks. But among the ferns and moss-muffled bases of the trees the air is still, and fragrant with the 

 odours of many forest flowers. Here the White-crested Kaleege live ; here they scratch for grubs and tubers, 

 court their mates, make their lowly homes, and at twilight roost upon high, swaying branches. Before dawn 

 a few will succumb to the sudden attack of marten or weasel ; the others awaken in early morning, send forth 

 their challenge and begin anew their daily life. 



