PHOTOGRAVURE 16 
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GARHWAL—THE HAUNTS OF THE WHITE-CRESTED KALEEGE 
Deropars, 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. 
