122 Majtiial of the Game Birds of India. 



He thus summarises all that is known 

 about it : — " We gather that these birds 

 are winter migrants, some occasionally 

 remaining till the beginning of summer. 

 They keep habitually in coveys of six 

 to ten, though single pairs may be met 

 with. They frequent grass jungle and 

 brushwood, cling pertinaciously to cover, 

 and are scarcely to be flushed without 

 dogs, fly slowly and heavily and soon 

 drop again, Quail- Hke, into cover. They 

 feed on grass, seeds (and probably insects 

 and berries), and when feeding, call to 

 each other with a low, short. Quail-like 

 note, their alarm note and call when 

 separated being a shrill whistle. Their 

 range in the Himalayas in winter is pro- 

 bably from five to eight thousand feet." 



This bird appears to have all the skulk- 

 ing habits of the Manipur Bush-Quail, 

 and if so, it is no wonder that it has not 

 been oftener observed. 



The male has the sides of the head to 

 a considerable distance above the eye, 

 black. A spot in front of the eye, another 

 behind, and a large patch beneath the ear 

 are white. The forehead and a broad 

 band passing over the eye to the neck are 

 also white. Above this white band there 

 is another black one of about the same 



