. Zoological Society bulletin . rHREE CHIEFS OF THE HEAD-HUNTING SEA-DYAKS, CENTRAL BORNEO. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 767. DEODARS AND SPRUCES OF GARHVVAL: WESTERN heights are the home of the Cheer Pheasant; the lower forests the haunt of the Koklass. taining most interesting notes on the lives ofthe pheasants of this wild country. Amongforests of magnificent deodars, spruces and firswe studied the Cheer. (Catreus), the Koklass.(Pucrasia). and the other western Himalayanpheasants. On our way back we spent a short time in theplains of India, although it was the hot th
. Zoological Society bulletin . rHREE CHIEFS OF THE HEAD-HUNTING SEA-DYAKS, CENTRAL BORNEO. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 767. DEODARS AND SPRUCES OF GARHVVAL: WESTERN heights are the home of the Cheer Pheasant; the lower forests the haunt of the Koklass. taining most interesting notes on the lives ofthe pheasants of this wild country. Amongforests of magnificent deodars, spruces and firswe studied the Cheer. (Catreus), the Koklass.(Pucrasia). and the other western Himalayanpheasants. On our way back we spent a short time in theplains of India, although it was the hot the parched nullas and even in the open, al-most barren plains, the Peafowl and Red Jun-glefowl were found. Everywhere in India andlater in Burma, the abundance and fearless-ness of numerous forms of bird life was vervstriking. This is apparently due to the all-pervading religion of the natives which forbidsthe taking of life, thus doing away with theneed of game laws. At the frontier and beyondthese countries, where the most interesting formsof pheasants are found, such beneficial influenceunfortunately does not extend.
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