382 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



have also procured examples in the valley of the Salween River, 

 in the Tennasserim provinces of Burmah. The best shooting I 

 ever got at this species was at Julpigoorie, where the nullas, or 

 beds of streams, in the neighbourhood, which v/ere common in 

 that country, and filled with jungle, gave cover to very many of 

 these birds ; and when put up by beaters they fly out at a con- 

 siderable pace, and require a good knock-down blow to bag 

 them. They run, too, a great deal; and in the Maunbhoom 

 district the native shikarries used to get many of them by placing 

 corn near some water in the half-dried-up beds of the streams, 

 and then shooting them when they came there both in the early 

 morning and evening both to eat and drink. 



815. Galloperdix lunulosa. Painted Spur-fowl. 



I came across this handsome Spur-fowl for the first time in 

 the Maunbhoom district, where it is, to the best of my belief, 

 the only species known, although one of my European assistants 

 told me he had on one occasion shot there a " kind of hybrid — 

 half a partridge, half a fowl,^^ which might have been G. sjm- 

 dicea ; but I never again met with it myself. The specimen in 

 question was unfortunately cooked and eaten before I had a 

 chance of examining it personally. This species is tolerably 

 abundant in Maunbhoom. It affects exclusively the stony hills 

 and jungle at their base. It is seldom seen, except when beat- 

 ing for large game, such as Bears, Tigers, Leopards, or Deer. 

 It dodges about with great facility, like a Rat or Rabbit, when 

 some distance off', amongst the rocks, and, as it runs with the 

 greatest ease, is not easily flushed ; when it does rise, it flies 

 but a short distance. In habits it is much more like a Fowl 

 than a Partridge. 



816. Tetraogallus himalayensis. Himalayan Snow-Cock. 

 Of this fine bird I only procui'ed a single specimen, in the 



shop of a native dealer in Simla in 1866, and have never seen a 

 wild living specimen of it, although in the skin they are, appa- 

 rently, not uncommonly brought into that station by native 

 shikarries, chiefly in the winter months. 



817. Lerwa nivicola. Snow-Partridge. 



I was unfortunately not well enough, when at Simla in 1866, 



