JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOMBAY 



Statural WxBtax^ Snmtjj. 



Vol. XIX. BOMBAY. No. 1. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF BUSH-QUAIL {MTCROPERDIX) 



FROM GOALPARA, ASSAM. 



By 



W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 



WITH F]ELD NOTES BY C. M. InGLIS. 



(With a Plate). 

 Mki'operdix inglisi, sp. u. 



Advlt male. — Very similar to the male of M. manipurensis (Hume), 

 but paler and much greyer, especially above ; the black markings on 

 the upper parts are much reduced and take the form of narrow bars 

 which, on the lower back and rump, are mostly confined to the basal 

 half of the feathers ; on a few of the scapulars the black bars towards 

 the end of the inner web are wider and, being more or less confluent, 

 form irregular blotches ; the chest-feathers are nearly uniform grey, 

 with only rather faint blackish shaft-streaks ; which become wider at 

 the extremity, the middle of the breast and belly is paler buff, and the 

 black markings are very much narrower. 



Total length about (j'5 inches ; wing o-4 ; tail 2-0 : tarsus 1-05. 



M. iiujlisi, Grant. 



Aibdi femal(. — Greyer than the female of -lA manii>arcnsis, 

 especially on the mantle where the feathers are grey, and are merely 

 margined at the tip with blackish and not conspicuously blotched with 

 black as in M. maa/jHireii.sis ; the exposed portion of the feathers on the 



