120 Majtual of the Game Birds of India. 



at once and not look upon it as a mere 

 common Quail, which I have no doubt 

 has frequently happened. It is perhaps 

 only a rare bird because it has been over- 

 looked, or, rising like a Quail, has not 

 engaged the attention of the sportsman. 



In the Mountain-Quail the sexes differ 

 considerably in plumage but not in size. 

 The leg is without a spur. 



Mr. Ogilvie Grant has placed this bird 

 amongst the Pheasants, and he may be 

 right in doing so. I cannot, however, 

 quite reconcile myself to this arrange- 

 ment, and I prefer to place this curious 

 bird between the Quails and the Par- 

 tridges. 



