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extends south to Tenasserim, Major 

 Wardlaw Ramsay having met with it in 

 Karennee, and Colonel Bingham in the 

 Thoungyin valley. 



To the east this Francolin occurs all 

 over the Shan States, extending to Southern 

 China and Siam. The northern limits 

 of this bird are not known, but I met 

 with it at the Ruby mines, and it probably 

 occurs much farther north. 



The Chinese Francolin is found in 

 dry open forest and scrub jungle, and it 

 generally keeps to hilly or undulating 

 country in preference to the low flat 

 plains. It is found in nearly every part 

 where the rainfall is moderate, and it 

 avoids thick, humid forests. It frequents 

 the smaller tracts of cultivation where 

 these are surrounded by high grass and 

 brushwood intermingled with low trees. 



Although this bird is found singly or 

 in pairs, and never in coveys, very many 

 birds congregate together in favourite 

 localities. The cocks perch freely on 

 the larger boughs of trees as well as on 

 posts, stumps, ant-hills and other objects 

 which raise them a few feet above the 

 ground. Their loud and pleasant call is 

 heard pretty well all the year round, but 

 more especially on fresh, cold-weather 



