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thence often dislodged with difficulty; 

 for it runs much even among thick reeds. 

 It very generally, however, especially in 

 swampy thickets, perches on the high 

 reeds and generally roosts there. 



" The call of the Kyah is quite similar 

 in character to that of the Grey Partridge, 

 though in a somewhat different tone, and 

 not uttered so hurriedly, and the pre- 

 liminary chuck is exactly that of its 

 congener. It is one of the earliest birds 

 astir, crowing at daylight, as well as 

 frequently during the day." 



The nest of the Swamp-Partridge has 

 not often been found. Dr. Jerdon states 

 that this bird breeds from March to May. 

 Mr. H. J. Rainey found a nest of this 

 species in April in Lower Bengal. This 

 nest appears to have been neatly made of 

 grass in a depression in the ground, and 

 contained five eggs. Mr. Hume describes 

 these eggs as being of a pale cafe-au- 

 lait colour with some pale speckles about 

 the larger end, and in one or two of the 

 eggs some additional speckles on other 

 portions of the shell. They measured 

 from I '44 to 1*5 in length and from i"i6 

 to 1*23 in breadth. 



This Partridge has the crown brown ; 

 a broad band over the eye, another below 



