PLATE XXI 
WHITE-CRESTED KALEEGE 
Gennaeus albocristatus (Vigors) 
Over the great spruce forests of Kashmir and Garhwa! chilly winds come rearing 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. 
