46. THE PAINTED SPUR-FOWL. 



Galloperdix hmulata, (Valenciennes). 



Tail entirely black. 



Space in front of the eye feathered. 



MALE :— Upper plumage chestnut, spot- 

 ted with white. 



FEMALE : — Upper plumage plain olive- 

 brown. 



Vernacular Names :—Askol, Orissa 



and Singhboom ; Hootkah, Chanda 



District ; Cull-Koli, Tamil ; Jitta- 

 Kod?', Telugu. 



The Painted Spur-Fowl appears to be 

 locally distributed over a considerable 

 portion of the Indian peninsula. Accord- 

 ing to Messrs. Hume and Marshall, the 

 northern limit of this species is a line 

 formed by the Ganges, Jumna and Sind 

 rivers. Its western limit is not so easily 

 defined : all I can gather about it is that 

 this Spur-Fowl has been obtained at 

 Ellichpur and also near Belgaum. To 

 the south, the Painted Spur-Fowl occurs 

 in suitable localities as far as the nth 



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