PHOTOGRAVURE 31 
ROOSTING. ees DING PLACES OF THE RED JUNGLEFOWL 
Turse birds roost high up, often on the half-bent curve of a tall bamboo, whose smooth stem ensures 
safety from arboreal carnivores. As many as thirty birds have been seen roosting close together. 
Just as tame fowl are fond of the company of barn-yard cows, so the wild Red Junglefowl are often 
seen in the vicinity of wild cattle, and I have seen them again and again feeding about buffalo wallows. 
It is almost impossible to flush these birds. They invariably choose to escape by running swiftly away, 
yet, when surprised by a dog, they have the ability of rising as quickly and strongly as partridges, 
