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on the 26th August 1866, near Kotegurli, ami I was informed that 

 this species breeds here, though it is very rare. 



248. Turtuii suratensis, G m e I. (III. 479), was met with in June, 

 breeding near Gaora (beyond Rampoor) at an elevation of 7,000 feet ; 

 I have not observed it, however, beyond Wangtu bridge and it 

 certainly does not go eastwards beyond the limit of the arboreal 

 vegetation. 



249. Tcrtur risoria, Linn., (III. 481), is only found in the 

 low hills, although occasionally ascending elevations of 6,000 feet, as 

 for instance near Kotegurli, being, however, rather rare. 



250. Turtur humilis, T e m Di. (III. 482), was shot near 

 Belaspoor on an elevation of about 2,000 feet, but I have never 

 observed it in the interior of the hills. 



I also have not been successful in observing personally any species of 

 the Sand-grouse, though Pterocles fasciatus is said to occur in the 

 low hills along the Sutlej. I only obtained a few birds which were 

 stated to have been shot in the Dhoon, south of Kangra. 



XXVII. Fam. PHASIANID^]. 



251. Pavo cristatus, L i n n. (III. 506), is commonly seen on eleva- 

 tions of 1,000 and 2,000 feet, occasionally ascending up to 5,000 feet, 

 but only in the Sub-Himalayan hills about Belaspoor. 



252. Lophophorus Impeyanus, L a t h., (III. 510). The Monal is 

 now rather scarce during the summer under elevations of 8,000 feet, ge- 

 nerally it is only to be found near the snows, or near the limit of the 

 arboreal vegetation ; it occurs at those higher elevations throughout the 

 valley extending from Simla as far east as Sungnum, where the last 

 cedar forests are found, but it does not enter Tibet proper. In winter 

 it descends lower in the valley down to 7,000, and in southern Kulu 

 probably to 3,000 feet, for it is said to be common near the villages 

 about Bijaura and Plash. 



253. Ceriornis melanocephala, Gray, (III. 517). The numbers 

 of this beautiful pheasant are fast declining, and although it is said 

 to have been formerly common near Simla at elevations of 5,000 and 

 6,000 feet, it is now only found in the less visited and well wooded 

 districts above 8,000 feet, and even here it is comparatively rare. 

 Most of the birds sold in Simla are procured in winter, either on the 

 Chur-mountain or in Kulu, where it is still tolerably common. Further 



