Indian Birds 



everywhere narrow bars of white or grey. The 

 sides o£ the head are white, and there is a 

 broad chestnut collar all round the neck. 



The hen is reddish brown in most places 

 where the cock is black. 



Its cry is a curious harsh crow, so high- 

 pitched as to be inaudible to some human 

 beings. Indian Muhammedans declare that 

 the bird calls " Sub-han, teri kudrat.^^ Blanford 

 syllabises it as, '' Juk-juk, tee-tee-tur.^^ 



It is found in N. India, most abundantly in 

 the U. P. (Illus. I. G. II., p. 9.) 



173. Francolinus pondicerianus : The Grey 

 Partridge. (F. 1375), (J. 822), ( + III.) 



A greyish-brown bird marked all over with 

 thin white or buff cross bars. 



The loud call of this bird must be familiar to 

 most Anglo-Indians. It is uttered early in 

 the morning and again at sunset. Blanford 

 describes it as " beginning with two or three 

 single harsh notes, and continuing with a 

 succession of trisyllabic, shrill, ringing cries." 

 Jerdon says of this species : " Its call is a 

 peculiar loud shrill cry, and has, not unaptly, 

 been compared to the word Pateela-pateela- 

 fateela, quickly repeated, but preceded by a 

 single note uttered two or three times, each 

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