﻿FRONTISPIECE, 
  PLATE 
  XLV 
  

  

  THE 
  COMMON 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  

   Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  macrolopha 
  (Lesson) 
  

  

  This 
  Koklass 
  is 
  shy 
  and 
  rather 
  solitary, 
  adverse 
  to 
  gathering 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  even 
  to 
  feed. 
  It 
  is 
  

   pre-eminently 
  monogamous, 
  and 
  the 
  pairs 
  remain 
  together 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  It 
  invariably 
  roosts 
  in 
  trees. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  them 
  well 
  up 
  in 
  deep 
  conifers, 
  and 
  they 
  return 
  night 
  

   after 
  night 
  to 
  their 
  favourite 
  perch. 
  In 
  spring, 
  at 
  least, 
  they 
  roost 
  in 
  pairs, 
  or 
  the 
  male 
  alone 
  when 
  the 
  

   female 
  has 
  begun 
  to 
  sit. 
  

  

  