Birds of the Jhelum District. 99 



Coturnix communis. The Common or Grey Quail. 



680.26.4.1913. Jhelum. S- Wing 109 mm. 



681. „ „ ? . „ 112 mm. 



856.11.9.1913. Sardi. ^. „ 112 mm. 



857. „ „ c?. „ 108 mm. 



A spriog and autumn pas sage- mi grant in varying numbers, 

 the migrations attaining their height in April and September 

 respectively. 



[Iris yellow-brown ; feet brownish flesh ; bill dark horn- 

 brown. The September birds are adult and just commencing 

 to moult.— C. B. T.] 



Caccabis chucar. The Chukor Partridge. 



A resident in fair numbers on the higher slopes of the 

 Salt Range. Theobald notes that it breeds in April and 

 May. 



Ammoperdix bonhami. The Seesee Partridge. 



Resident and fairly numerous in the Salt Range, being 

 found from the base upwards. Eggs were obtained for me 

 in April, but I met with a covey of half-grown young, strong 

 on the wing, on the 2nd of July. Theobald says that it 

 breeds in April, May, and June. 



Francolinus pondicerianus. The Grey Partridge. 



A resident throughout the district, but somewhat scarce, 

 except in the Salt Range Raks. Accordiug to Theobald it 

 lays in the first week of April and iu May and September. 



Turnix dussumieri. The Little Button-Quail. 



Theobald ('Nests & Eggs,' 2nd ed. vol. iii. p. 371) 

 describes the breeding of the Little Button-Quail in the 

 third week of August in the neighbourhood of Pind Dadan 

 Khan, hence it is probable that a Button-Quail flushed by 

 me at Chakwal ou October 23 was, as 1 thought, of this 

 species. From the bordering territory of Gujar Khan in 

 Rawal Pindi district, in May 1911, a clutch of four eggs, 

 almost certainly of this species, were brought in to me by a 

 shikari. This Button-Quail is therefore, in all probability, 

 a resident, but scarce in these parts. 



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