19. BLEWITT'S BUSH QUAIL. 



Microperdix bkivitti, Hume. 



Lower plumage with numerous round or 

 oval black spots. 



MALE :— With a white band across the 

 crown, broader than the black band on 

 the forehead. 



FEMALE :— With no white band across 

 the crown or black band on the fore- 

 head ; lower plumage greyish-rufous, 

 the spots on the breast generally ex- 

 tending across the breast. 



Vernacular Name -.—Sir see-Iowa, 

 Mandla, Balaghat, Chanda. 



The distribution of Blewitt's Bush-Quail 

 is not known with any great accuracy, 

 but this bird may be said to be found 

 over the western half of Chutia Nagpur 

 and the eastern parts of the Central 

 Provinces. 



So far as our present knowledge enables 



us to judge, this Bush-Quail may be said 



to inhabit the hilly portions of a huge 



triangle, one corner of which is Sirguja 



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