4 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



undergrowth or almost impenetrable bamboo clump ; the nest is 

 merely a few bamboo leaves and grass. 



The eggs vary in shape, but are typically the same as those of the 

 common hen, measuring 1*65 inches in length by rather more than 

 1*2 in breadth ; in colour they range from pinkish-buff to creamy- 

 white. 



They are quite as wild as the Grey Jungle Fowl, but" often, when 

 waiting for a shot at a Sambur, by remaining perfectly quiet, I have 

 seen them scratching and pecking within a couple of yards, vanishing 

 the moment I made the least movement. 



ML Aboo, March io May. H. E. Barnes. 



Baroli, near Necmuch, April. Do. 



815.— THE PAINTED SPUR FOWL. 



Galloper dix lumdatus, Valenc 



The Painted Spur Fowl is very rare, an odd specimen or so has 

 been procured near Belgaum, and I myself possess the skin of a bird 

 shot in the neighbourhood of Neemuch. 



These are, I believe, the only recorded instances of its occurrence 

 in Western India. 



The birds are not given to wandering, and as a rule breed where- 

 ever found, but the only eggs I have, I took at Saugor, Central 

 Provinces, where the bird is the common spur fowl of the country. 



They breed in much the same way as the Red Spur Fowl, and 

 their eggs are identical. 



818.— THE BLACK PARTRIDGE. 



Francolinus vulgaris, Steph. 



Within our limits this fine game bird is practically confined to the 

 province of Sind, and the more northerly portion of the Runn of 

 Cutch. 



In Upper Sind it is particularly common, becoming less abundant 

 towards the south, and only occurs as a rare straggler south of the 

 Runn of Cutch. 



They breed about June and July, making a nest of grass and roots, 

 usually in tamarisk jungle , sometimes under a bush in a more open 



