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affecting dense forest, these birds are also 

 partial to bamboo jungle. . . . Their call, 

 which is often heard, especially towards 

 dusk, is a rolling whistle, whew, whew, 

 repeated many times, and winding up 

 with a sharper and more quickly uttered 

 wheiv. The sound is very easily imitated, 

 and the birds are easily enticed to approach 

 one by the imitation, and this is the way 

 in which natives usually secure them." 



Mr. Cripps also gives us the follow- 

 ing note regarding the nesting of this 

 Partridge: — "On the 15th April, 1876, I 

 secured a nest of this bird in Sylhet con- 

 taining two perfectly fresh eggs. Again on 

 the 1 8th May of that year 1 secured four 

 hard-set eggs from a nest. Both nests 

 were placed at the foot of large trees 

 which stood at the tops of teelahs or 

 hillocks ; a few scanty bushes grew about 

 under the trees, but the whole place 

 looked very dark and gloomy. The nests 

 were mere linings of leaves and twigs 

 which had been placed in sHght depres- 

 sions, apparently hollowed out by the birds. 

 The teelahs were about a hundred and 

 fifty or two hundred feet in height." 



The eggs were broad ovals, pointed 

 towards the small end. They were pro- 

 bably pure white when fresh, but at the 



