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FamiJrj Tetraoiiidae. 



This family cniljrnrrs the Tctraoniiue, (i rouse (of which thc^rc arc no rojircsenta- 

 tivcs in India or Burma) ; Ferdicime or Partridges ; and C'vtuniicince or Quails. 



I'ERDICINJE. 



Fkakcolutus CniNENSis, Osb. Pegu. 



F. Fhaijrei, Blyth. 

 F. Phaijrei is the Burmese race of F. Chinensis, differing only in being less robust. 



Arboricola rctogularis, Blyth. Mooleyit. 



A. INTERMF.DIA, Blyth. . Afakan. 



A. BRFNXEo-PECTUs, Tickcll. Toung-ngoo and Karen Hills over 3000 feet. 



A. CHLOKOPiTS, Tickell. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



A. Chajjltoni, Blj'th. Southern Tenasserim. 



This is a Pinang species, and Hume doubts its occurrence in Tenasserim, biit 

 mentions its liaving been recorded there. 



Caloperdix oculea, Tem. Mergui. Prov. Wellesley. 



C. occllata, Raffles. 

 Bambusicola Fytchei, J. Anderson. Ponsce, at 3000 feet. 



COTURNICIX.E. 



CoTTTRNix coMMTJNis, Bonatorrc. Arakan. Martaban. Karen-ni. 



C. coROMANDEUcus. Upper Burma. 



ExcALFAciOKiA CHixExsis, Bouapartc. Ai'akan. Tenasserim. 



Family Tinamidse. 



TURNICIN^. 



TrRNix jrACTLosA, Tem. Tippera. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



T. nianj'ordi, Blyth. 



T. Blanfardi is probably" a sufficiently marked local race, but neither Hume nor 

 Walden (doubtless -vrith more copious materials than Blyth possessed) recognize it as 

 a distinct species. It is the same thing over and over again. A typical specimen 

 of a local race of some species comes to hand, and at once receives a specific name 

 on the strength of the racial or geographical variation it presents. Fuller knowledge 

 shows that the so-called species is indissolubly linked to some older species, though 

 diverging in some particulars, and covering, so to say, its non-appropriate area. 

 " Natura non facit saltum." 



T. PLUMBiPEs, Hodg. Nipal. Assam. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



The Malayan Peninsula. 



Hume remarks, " There appear to be two distinguishable species of the pnynax 

 type of Bustard quail occurring within the limits of the British Indian Empire. The 

 one inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, Burma, Eastern Bengal and the Himalayas 

 as far West at any rate as Nipal, and the other inhabiting the rest of India proper. 



"The fonner is clearly plumhipes of Hodgson, the other laigoor of Sykes. The 

 exact limits are as yet to a certain extent undefined. I have received both species 

 from Cachar, and both from the dry upper portions of Burma aud Thayct-myo." 

 S.F. vi. p. 4.51. 



T. PUGNAX, Tem. Pegu. 



Hume unites taigoor, Sykes, with this species ; but Jenlon keeps them apart. 

 Doubtless they are representative races. 



T. JociiERA, Hodg. Andamans. Nicobars (Camorta). 



T. albiveutris, Hume. 



