20. THE MANIPUR BUSH-QUAIL. 



Microperdix manipurensis^ (Hume.) 



Lower plumage with cross-shaped black 

 marks. 



MALE :— Throat rich maroon. 

 FEMALE :— Throat smoky grey. 



Vernacular Names :— None known. 

 Mr. Hume is, properly speaking, the 

 discoverer of the Manipur Bush-Quail ; 

 but it is fair to say that in the British 

 Museum there is a wretched, but un- 

 mistakable, skin of this bird which was 

 procured in Bhutan very many years ago. 

 It is not known by whom it was shot, 

 and we must not, perhaps, place too 

 much reliance on the locality. 



Mr. Hume thus graphically describes 

 the discovery of this pretty Bush-Quail : — 



" Once, and once only, did I meet with 

 this species, and that was near the bases 

 of the hills in the south-eastern portion 

 of the Manipur Plain. 



"There were two coveys— one of six 

 and the other of five — feeding in the 

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