386 Capt. Beavaii on various Indian Birds. 



shooting them in any other way is almost out of the question. 

 I procured a single skin at Simla. 



826. Perdicula cambaiensis. Jungle Bush-Quail. 



I have come across this pretty little game-bird in the Maun- 

 bhoom district, where it is tolerably abundant, and called by 

 the natives " Juhar," and by the Southals in particular "Auri- 

 connai." It occurs also in the jungles about Umballah, in the 

 North-west Provinces, and in the Punjab ; but it is not found 

 in the swampy lowland of Lower Bengal. Dr. Jerdon^s de- 

 scription of the difference between the sexes is not at all satis- 

 factory, as I have previously noticed {cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 160); 

 for I have found by dissection that some females were marked 

 as he describes the males only to be, and vice versa. 



Specimens shot at Morar, December 19, 1866, measured as 

 follows : — 



T +1 \\r- Ti -1 n^ Spread Bill, from Bill, from -r;. . 4. 



Length. Winp'. lail. larsus. S . i j. iiXtent. 



° ° foot. front. gape. 



A.C?? 6-5 3 1-625 -9375 1-25 -4375 '5 10 



B. 6-75 3-125 1-75 -9375 1-25 -4375 -5 10 



C. (juv.) 6 3 1-5 -875 1-1875 -4375 -5 95 



829. CoTURNix COMMUNIS. Large Grey Quail. 



I have found this fine bird in almost every part of India that 

 I have visited, but never in such numbers together as noticed 

 by Dr. Jerdon. From twelve to fifteen brace is the most that 

 I have been able to bag in an ordinary day's shooting — with 

 Partridges, Hares, and so forth. Near Umballah they afford 

 very good sport with a dog, and to my mind are the perfection 

 of shooting of all birds of their size. They are frequently kept 

 for the table, being fattened up in pits dug underground about 

 Umballah and elsewhere. Both this aud C. coi^omandelica occur 

 in Maunbhoom. 



831. ExcALFACTORiA CHiNENsis. Bluc-brcasted Quail. 



I only once procured this bird (namely, at Maldah, in Lower 

 Bengal, in October 1864, while out shooting), and was much 

 taken with its extreme beauty and elegance. The legs were a 

 bright orange-yellow. 



832. TuRNix TAiGOOR. Black-brcastcd Bustard-Quail. 



I luocured this species sparingly near Barrackpore, in October 



