THE FOOt) OF BIRDS IN 



I have examined nothing absolutely, but these latter were to be 

 noticed. H. M. G. B. II, 118. 



1358. P. argunda. Rock Bush-Quail. As regards food, I 

 have never detected any difference between the two species. H. 

 M. G. B. II, 118. 



Microperdix. Bush-Quails. Seed,s and insects. E. B. C. N. 

 H., 223. 



1359. Microperdix erythrorhynchus. Painted Bush-Quail. 

 Seeds and insects. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 585. Rocky ground, interspersed 

 with bushes, &c., near cultivation, or any road along which cattle, 

 carrying grain, habitually pass. Miss M. Cockburn says : " These 

 Quails feed on small grain and insects." They feed very greedily 

 on the lesser millets, and when they can get any of these like the 

 " Sawan ' (Panicum miliaceum], they feed on them exclusively, 

 but at other times no small seeds or insects come amiss to them. H. 

 M. G. B., 2123-2126. 



1360. Microperdix Uewitti. Blewitt's Bush-Quail. Seeds of 

 sorts and insects. (F. R. Blewitt). H. M. G. B. II, 130. 



Arboricola. They feed on seeds and insects and drink 

 daily. F. I. IV, 124. The food consists of leaves, roots, berries, 

 seeds, grubs, and molluscs. E. B. C. N. H., 222. 



1362. A. torqueola. Common Hill-Partridge. Its food is very 

 similar to that of the Coklass pheasant. It feeds on leaves, roots, 

 maggots, seeds, and berries ; in confinement it will eat grain. Jerd> 

 B. I. Ill, 578. 



1363. A. rufigularis.Blythe's Hill-Partridge. Food precisely 

 like that of the common species (torqueolus). Davison ' They 

 feed on insects, small land shells, fallen berries and various seeds, 

 and are very fond of scratching about among the dead leaves." 

 H. M. G. B. II, 76-77. 



1365. A. atrigularis. White-cheeked Hill-Partridge. Mr. 

 Grippe " They feed on insects for which they scratch amongst the 



