21. THE JUNGLE BUSH QUAIL. 



Perdicula asiatica, (Latham). 



Lower plumage below the throat either 

 cross-barred or perfectly plain without 

 marks of any kind. 



Inner web of the first ten quills of the 

 wing quite plain and unmarked. 



MALE : — Lower plumage cross-barred. 



FEMALE : — Lower plumage entirely plain 

 rufous without marks of any kind ; but 

 throat rich chestnut, as in male. 



Vernacular Names: — Lowa, Hind.; 

 Gorza, ? Hindi ; Juhar, Manbhum ; 

 Auriconnai, Sonthali ; Girza-^itta, 

 Telugu ; Kariloivga, Canarese. 



The Jungle Bush-Quail occurs in suitable 

 localities from the outer ranges of the 

 Himalayas in Kashmir down to Ceylon, 

 and from the eastern borders of Sind to 

 about the longitude of Calcutta. It may 

 occur much farther east, for in the British 

 Museum there are three skins probably ob- 

 tained by Griffiths in some part of Assam. 

 Throughout the above area, the ordinary 



