The Deccan thorn scrub forests are home to a richer variety of birds : almost 350 species, of which three are considered near-endemic : Jerdon's courser ( " Rhinoptilus bitorquatus " ), Sri Lanka junglefowl ( " Gallus lafayetii " ), and yellow-fronted barbet ( " Megalaima flavifrons " ).
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While Gilbert's two brigades had at first successfully driven the Sikhs before them, capturing or spiking several guns, on their right flank, Brigadier Pope ( who was almost an invalid ) first ordered an ineffective cavalry charge through thorn scrub which threw his brigade into confusion, and then panicked and ordered a retreat.
