324 Sir T. S. R a eel es's Descriptive Catalogue 



4. TETRAO Sinensis, Linn. 



PlKAU. ^JO 



The male of this has been fully described ; the female differs 

 considerably, wanting entirely the white on the throat. Its 

 upper parts are grey mottled with black, and the shafts of the 

 feathers white. The throat is yellowish-grey; and the under- 

 pays are the same, with black bars. 



They are seen in flocks, often a hundred together. 



5. TETRAO Luzon i en sis, Gmel. 



Puyu. ^J 



This is a tridactylous species of Quail. The colours vary much 

 in different specimens. The head, back and wings are varied 

 with black, brown, and fawn-colour, of which sometimes the 

 one, sometimes the other predominates. In full-grown birds 

 the head is generally black, spotted with white, particularly 

 at the sides, while the back is more of a red-brown, and the 

 wings are black banded with white. The breast also varies, 

 being sometimes ferruginous, but at a later period becoming 

 marked with transverse bars of black and white. The abdo- 

 men is always of a ferruginous colour. The throat is black 

 in the males, generally whitish in the females. Bill rather 

 long, yellowish, which is also the colour of the legs. The 

 irids are white. 



These Quails are frequently kept tame, and the females are 

 trained to fight with each other by the natives of the country. 

 The superior courage of the females of this species has given rise 

 to a common Malay proverb, in which a hen-pecked husband is 



compared 



