27. BLYTH'S HILL-PARTRIDGE. 



Arboricola rufigularis^ Blyth. 



Sides of the body marked with white 



and chestnut. 

 Breast grey. 

 Feathers of the back obsoletely fringed, 



not barred. 

 Throat chestnut, spotted with black. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names -.—Peura, Kumaon ; 

 Kohumbut-pho , Lepcha ; Lakom, Bhu- 

 tia. Pokhu, Daphla Hills. 



Blyth's Hill-Partridge occurs in the 

 lower ranges of the Himalayas from 

 Kumaon to about the 94th degree of 

 east longitude, where the Daphla Hills 

 are situated. It again occurs many 

 hundreds of miles south, on Muleyit, 

 and probably other high hills, in Tenas- 

 serim. In the intermediate country 

 between Assam and Tenasserim, the next 

 species only has been observed. 



This species ranges from the base of 

 the hills up to 6000 feet. There is little to 



137 



