9. THE BUSTARD-QUAIL. 



Turnix pugnax^ (Temminck). 



Breast with numerous and well-defined 

 black cross-bars. 



MALE :— Throat whitish. 

 FEMALE :— Throat black. 



Vernacular Names : — Gtdu, Gundlu^ 

 Salui-gundru, Hind. ; Pured (female), 

 Koladu (male), Telugu ; Kurung-KadeJi 

 (female), An-Kadeh (male), Tamil ; 

 Du7^wa, Ratnagiri ; Karehaki, Cana- 

 rese ; Timokpho, Lepcha ; Tiniok, Bhu- 

 tia; Ngoriy Burmese. 



The Bustard-Quail is found in Ceylon 

 and throughout Continental India except 

 Sind and the country north of the Sutlej 

 river, where it does not appear to have 

 been met with. It occurs in the Hima- 

 layas from Nepal eastwards, up to a 

 level of about 7000 feet. It is met with 

 throughout the eastern part of the Empire 

 quite down to the extreme south of 

 Tenasserim, eastwards through the Shan 

 States to China and Siam, and southwards 

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