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(556) A. ATRiGULARis.— The White-cheeked Hill Partridge. 

 Hume, No. 824 ter; Blanford, No. 1365. 

 Extremely coinnion from the plains up to 3,000 feet, above which it 

 is much less common, and over 4,000 feet it is rare. 



It should be noted also that in the breeding season the skin of the 

 head, neck and throat is far more vivid than at other times. Again, 

 the males can be told at a glance from the females by the color of the 

 legs, which in the former varies from dull orange to a bright red orange 

 whereas in the latter the color is a pale dull wax yellow to a rather dark 

 wax yellow, never very bright. A series of 80 eggs averaged 1'45" x 

 l"r2". The longest and widest being 1*51" and I'lS" respectively, 

 and the shortest and narrowest 1*38" and 1*08". All eggs have a certain 

 amount of gloss, some are very glossy, and the texture is fine and 

 close. 



The number laid is most often five, frequently only four, sometimes 

 six and very rarely more, though I have taken seven. 



(557) Francolinus vulgaris. — The Black Partridge. 

 Hume, No. 815; Blanford No. 1372. 

 Common in north-east of I^orth Cacbar, not found in the south 

 plains at all. 



(t'58) F. GULARis. — The Kyah or Swamp Partridge. 

 Hume, No. 823 ; Blanford, No. 1376. 

 The Kyah is very common throughout the plains of Cachar in suitable 

 localities, but does not ascend the hills at all. 



Order XIII-HEMIPODII. 



Family Turniddce. 



(559) TuRNix PUGNAX. — The Bustard Quail. 



Hume, JSos. 832 and 833 ; Blanford, No. 1382. 



One of the most common birds in N. Cachar ; it is hardly possible to 



walk along the less frequented paths without putting up two or three 



pairs. 



The female utters a loud booming call which can be heard at a very 

 great distance. 



I must have taken five hundred nests of this quail and not in four 

 cases have I found more than four eggs — I twice took five and once 

 had six brought to me — so that in N. Cachar at least four may be put 

 down as the almost invariable number. 



