PHOTOGRAVURE i6 



GARHWAL-THE HAUNTS OF THE WHITE-CRESTED KALEEGE 



Deodars, spruce and silver firs cover many of the slopes of lower Kashmir and Garhwal, and offer 

 sanctuary to White-crested Kaleege Pheasants. In the pleasant twilight of these forests, each glade seems 

 to have its own dominant perfume. One is starred with a myriad, long-stemmed strawberry blooms ; in 

 another the pale blue faces of a multitude of violets show faintly. Shrubs are hung with bright panicles 

 of bell blossoms, and the background of ferns is here and there picked out with the white lacework of 

 saxifrage. Here we find the nest and eggs of this Kaleege, brooded by the patient, brown mother, and 

 here the little chicks, at her alarm note, dive among the leaves and moss and remain motionless until 

 reassured by her brood call. 



