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  GARHWAL 
  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  I 
  found 
  Koklass 
  in 
  pairs 
  among 
  the 
  great 
  forests 
  of 
  deodar, 
  fir 
  and 
  oak 
  in 
  native 
  Garhwal. 
  

   On 
  the 
  steep 
  upper 
  slopes 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  these 
  splendid 
  trees 
  all 
  spring 
  diagonally 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  

   at 
  once 
  make 
  a 
  sharp 
  curve 
  upward, 
  standing 
  straight 
  as 
  plummets 
  — 
  living 
  guides 
  to 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

   slope. 
  

  

  The 
  park-like 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  trees, 
  thick 
  with 
  generations 
  of 
  needles, 
  purple 
  and 
  white 
  anemones 
  

   and 
  the 
  abundant 
  long-stemmed 
  strawberry, 
  are 
  favourite 
  feeding-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Koklass. 
  Here 
  they 
  

   scratch 
  deep 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  debris 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  floor 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  grubs 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  

  

  