194 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



There is a broad chestnut collar nearly 

 surrounding the neck, not quite com- 

 plete in front. The back and shoulders 

 are buff, barred with chestnut and black ; 

 the closed wings are a mixture of buff, 

 black and chestnut with paler buff stripes ; 

 the quills are barred on both webs with 

 rufous. The rump and the middle three 

 pairs of tail-feathers are buff, irregularly 

 barred with chestnut, the other tail-feathers 

 are chestnut tipped with whitish. The 

 throat and upper neck are white. The 

 lower plumage is pale buff barred with 

 black, except the sides of the body which 

 are barred with chestnut. There is a large 

 black patch on the cheek. 



The male is rather larger than the female. 

 Length ii to 12 ; wing rather more than 

 6 ; tail rather more than :i^\ ; legs and 

 bill dull green ; naked skin round the 

 eye red. According to Mr. Hodgson the 

 weight of this Partridge is i lb. 



