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of this Quail arrive at the beginning of 

 the rains and remain for some months. 

 These birds probably come up from Lower 

 Burma, where the rainfall is heavy. There 

 are, however, large tracts of country in 

 Central and Southern India where this 

 bird is a permanent resident. 



This Quail is found singly or in pairs, 

 and is fond of grass-land, fallow fields, 

 embankments, and standing crops which 

 are not too thick nor too high. It rises 

 the first time it is disturbed, but it is 

 difficult to get it to rise a second time. 

 Its pretty double call-note is uttered 

 throughout the day. It is rather tame 

 and confiding, and it may often be seen 

 and heard in compounds and in the 

 vicinity of houses. 



In India this Quail breeds in August 

 and September, and in Upper Burma 

 probably earlier, but I have never found 

 the nest and cannot be certain about its 

 time of nesting in Burma. The nest is 

 usually a small hollow in the ground, 

 occasionally lined with grass, but more 

 frequently without any attempt at a lining. 

 As many as nine eggs are sometimes laid 

 in one nest, but the more usual number 

 is six or seven. 



The eggs vary from broad oval to pyri- 



