lilliD!^ Fh'OM rilE NORTH CIIIX HILLS. '.)] 



or young birds in one nest, the rest were all single. Hop- 

 wood kept a bird snared oli' a nest for (5 months ; it did very 

 well on a diet of rice, but died in the rains. 



208, Red Jungle Vowl—Gallus fen-u(/ineus. (1328). 



20i'. Mrs. Hume's Pheasant — Phasianus humice. (1331). 



Eggs, with a bird skin. The eggs were of the ordinary 

 Phasianus type ; 3 clutches were obtained, all from about 6,500'. 

 The bird seems to breed near the top of the main ridge. 8 eggs 

 obtained on 1st May 1914, Hard set ; 7 eggs on Ist May 1914, 

 Hard set; 10 eggs on 1st May 1915, Hard set. The average 

 size of 15 eggs is l-85"xl-37". Length from 1-99" to 1-78", 

 and breadth from 1-31" to 1-40". 



210. Black-breasted Kalij Pheasant — Gennceus kors/ieldi horsjieldi. 



(1339). 



211. Cuvier's Silver Pheasant — Gennoius h. cuvieri. (1340 d). 



212. Williams's Silver Pheasant — Gennceus h. iciUiamsi. (1340 c). 



I was much puzzled by the variation in the pheasants, until 

 1 saw Mr. E. C. Stuart-Baker's paper (J. B. N. H. S., Vol. 

 XXIIJ, p. 662), showing that these three sub-species all occur 

 in a very narrow area, all three falling within the area worked 

 by us. 



213. Grey-bellied Horned Pheasant — Tragopan blythii. (1346). 



A female snared and brought in in 1913, eggs not obtained. 



214. Western Bamboo-Partridge — Batnbusicola fytchii. (1352). 



Common. 



215. Arrakan HiU-Partridge — Avboncola intermedia. (1364). 



216. White.cheeked Hill-Partridge — Arboncola atrigularis. (1365). 



As far as I could make out, A. intennedia was the form in 

 the AVest, A. atrigularis in the East. But there was a great 

 deal of overlapping. 



217. Chinese Francolin — Irancolinus chinensis. (1374). 



Eggs and bird obtained in 1914. 



218. Woodcock — Scolopa.v rusticola. (1482). 



Undoubtedly occurs in the winter, and might remain to 

 breed. We found none. 



219. Great White-bellied Heron — Ardea insignis. (1557). 



Several herons, etc-, were met with in the streams at the foot 

 of the hills. This was the only one identified. 



