198 PHASIANID^. 



1. Perdicula asiatica. 



Perdix asiatica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 649 (1790). 



Asiatic Partridge, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 278 (1802) ; id. Gen. 

 Hist. viii. p. 281 (182.3). 



Lauwan Partridge, Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 304 (1823) [$]. 



Perdix cambayensis, Temm. PL Col. v. pi. 41 [no. 447] (1828) ; 

 Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 123. 



Coturnix pentah, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 153 [Deccan] ; Gray, III. 

 Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 45. fig. 3 (1834) ; Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 19, 

 pi. iii. (1841) ; Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 39 (1844) ; Adams, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 18(3 [Casbmere]. 



Perdicula rubicola, Hodgs. Beng. Sport. Mag. ix. p. 344 (1837). 



Coturnix cambaiensis. Gray, List of B. pt. iii. p. 38 (1844) ; id. Cat. 

 Hodgs. ed. i. p. 128 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 507 (1846). 



Perdicula rubicolor, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; id. Icon, 

 ined. in Brit. Mus. uos. 768-764. 



Coturnix rubiginosa, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 507 (1846). 



Perdicula asiatica, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 504 [Lower ranges of 

 W.Himalayas]; Irliy, Ibis, 1861, p. 2.36 [Oudh and Kumaon]; 

 Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 4 (1863) ; Holdsiv. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 470 

 [Ceylon, S. India] ; Hume, Nests S,- E. Ind. B. p. 546 (1873) ; Lloyd, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 415 [Kattiawar] ; Hmne, Str. F. vii. p. 158 (1878) 

 [Distribution] ; Davidson c^ Wenden, Str. F. yii. p. 87 (1878) [Hills 

 at Satara and Nulwar, W. Deccan] ; Ball, Str. F. yii. p. 225 (1878) 

 [Ganges to Godayeri] ; Hnne Sf Marsh. Game B. Ind. ii. p. 109, 

 pi. (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 55 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. 

 S. Bombay, p. 69 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 77 (1880) [S. Kon- 

 kan] ; Ler/ge, B. Ceylon, iii. p. 752 (1880) ; Butler, Str. F. ix. p. 422 

 (1880) [Bombay];" Reid, Str. F. x. p. 63 (1881) [Lucknow] ; 

 Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 817 (1882) [W. Khandeish] ; Davison, Str. 

 F. X. p. 411 (1883) [5lygore and Nilghiris] ; Swinh. Sf Barn. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 131 [Centrallndia] ; Taylour, Str. F. x. p. 465 (1887) 

 [Manzeerabad, Mysore] ; Oates, ed. Hume's Kests ^- F. Ind. B. 

 iii. p. 440 (1890). 



Perdicula cambayensis, Jei'd. B. Ind. iii. p. 581 (1863") ; Ball, Str. F. 



ii. p. 427 (1874) [Chota Nagpur] ; Butler, Str. F.iv. p. (1876) 



[Mt. Aboo] ; Fairb. Str. F. iy. p. 262 (1876) [Khandala, Maha- 



Tjaleshwar, &c.]. 



Perdicula argoondah, Gould {nee Sykes), B. Asia, vii. pi. 5 (1863). 



Coturnix (Perdicula) asiatica, Gray, List Galling Brit. Mus. p. 62 



(1867) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 268 (1870). 

 Coturnix (Perdicula ) cambaiensis, Gray, List GallincB Brit. Mus. p. 61 



(1867). 

 Perdicula cambaiensis, Blyth, Bjis, 1867, p. 160; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, 



p. 386 [Maunbhum, Umballab, Pimjab]! 

 Coturnix (Perdicula) cambayensis. Gray, Hand'l. B. ii. p. 268 (1870). 



Jungle Busb-Quail, J/iWiC &; Marsh. GameB. ii. p. 109 (1879). 



Adult male. Top of the head and nape brown, the feathers on the 

 sides tipped with black ; back, rumj), and upper tail-coverts earthy 

 brown, with narrow, wavy, transverse black bars ; most of the 

 feathers of the mantle with pale buff shafts, and those of the lower 

 back and rump with buff cross-bars, but in very old examples the 

 buff markings are almost or entirely absent ; most of the wing- 

 coverts and scapulars have buff shaft-stripes and cross-bars, and are 



