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rough and sometimes pimply and the shell wonderfully strong, quite as 

 hard as that of a jungle fowl and less brittle. I have one clutch which 

 shows a slight gloss ; this is less rough than the others and closer and 

 finer in texture. 



Mv esfss are on an average ]*67" X I'lO", the longest and shortest 

 being respectively 1*?2" and 1'50", whilst the broadest and narrowest 

 measure 1'25" and 1'02". 



(549) ExcAL FACTORiA CHiNENSis. — The Blue-broasted Quail. 

 Hume, No. 831 ; Blanford, No. 1354. 

 Common in the cold weather in the plains, less so in the rains, 

 though a good number breed in the district. Does not ascend the 

 hills. 



(550) CoTURNix COMMUNIS.— Tho Common Quail. 

 Hume, No. 829 ; Blanford, No. 1355. 

 A decidedly rare bird only occurring now and then as a straggler. 

 (551) C. coRoMANDELiCA. — The Black-breasted or Rain-Quail. 

 Hume, No. 830 ; BJanford No. 1356. 

 Decidedly less rare than the Grey Quail, but still by no means 

 common. 1 have seen three or four, perhaps even more than this, in a 

 day's snipe shooting about the Regimental and Police firing ranges in 

 Silchar. Nowhere else have I seen more than one or two at a time. 

 (552) Perdicula asiatica. — The Jungle Bush-Quail. 

 Hume, No. 326 ; Blanford, No. 1357. 

 By no means rare during the cold weather and perhaps no more so 

 during the rains though less seen. 



(553) Arboricola torqueola. — The Common Hill Partridge. 

 Hume, No. 824 ; Blanford, No. 1362. 

 This Hill Partridge is decidedly rare ; a few specimens may be found 

 on the higher parts of the Burail Range close to tho Naga Hills and 

 Manipur. 



The eggs are generally five in number, sometimes six. 



(554) A. RUFiGULARis. — Blyth's Hill Partridge. 



Hume, No. 825 ; Blanford, No. 1363. 



It is almost impossible to say what birds are rufigidar/s and what 



intermedia. I have a pair in my collection of which the male is a 



typical intermedia, the female an equally typical rvfigularis and has 



the throat and chin rufous to tho extreme point, thougli heavily 



