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sides of the head or throat, which are dull rufous, and there is 

 little or no black on the crown. Immature birds resemble females, 

 but have black on the crown like males. 



Bill, legs, and feet fine red ; irides yellow-brown (Jerdori). 



Length of male 7; tail 2; wing 3-5; tarsus 1-1; bill from 

 gape -6. Females are somewhat smaller. 



Distribution. The forest region on or near the Western Ghats 

 from the neighbourhood of Bombay to' Travancore. Common on 

 the Nilgiris. This bird has also been obtained on the Shevroy hills 

 by Mr. Daly and Dr. Warth. 



Habits, fyc. Somewhat similar to those of Perdicula asiatica. The 

 call is different, and the flight less noisy, the plumage being softer. 

 The breeding-season is jsaid to extend from August till April, 

 varying with the height and exposure; no nest is made, and about 

 ten glossy spotless eggs are laid, of a pale creamy colour, and 

 measuring about 1-22 by -91. 



1360. Microperdix blewitti. Bleivitfs Busli-Qua'd. 



Perdicula erythrorhyncha, apud Blanf. Ibis, 1867, p. 464; id. 

 J.A.S.B. xxxviii* pt. 2, p. 190 ; Ball, 8. F. ii, p. 4^8 ; nee &//Av?,s. 



Microperdix blewitti, Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 512 ; Ball, S. F. iii, p. 294 ; 

 vii. p. 22o; Hume, Cat.no. 8:28 bis; Hume fy Marsh. Game B. ii, 

 p. 129, pi. ; Oyiloie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 204. 



Sirsi-lawa, Central Prov. (Mandla, Balaghat. Chanda). 



This is merely a race of M. en/throrhyncJius, but is smaller and 

 has a, much smaller bill. The male is distinguished by having the 

 sincipital white band much broader and the black forehead 

 narrower, whilst the black chin is either inconspicuous or wanting. 

 The whole colour too is greyer in both sexes, and the greyish- 

 brown wash comes much farther down the breast, whilst the 

 abdomen is a duller and paler red. 



Bill, legs, and feet coral-red ; irides brown (Hume). 



Length of male 6-5; tail 1-7; wing 3-1; tarsus 1; bill from 

 gape '5. Female smaller. 



Distribution. The forest region of the Eastern Central Provinces 

 (Mandla, Balaghat, Seoni, Chanda, Kaipur, Sironcha, Bastar), and 

 of Chutia Nagpur. 



1361. Microperdix manipurensis. Humes Bush-Quail. 



Perdicuja manipurensis, Hume, S. F. ix, p. 467 (1880) xi, p. 

 Microperdix manipurensis, Oyilvie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 2 



309. 

 L>04. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, superciliary stripes, cheeks up to 

 the eye, chin, and throat dark chestnut; lores and a patch in 

 front of the eye and another behind it white ; ear-coverts brown ; 

 upper plumage throughout dark slaty grey with a brownish tinge, 

 the feathers edged with black throughout. and mostly barred with 

 black, except near the tip, the black forming blotches on the 

 scapulars, tertiaries, and wing-coverts ; quills dark brown, the 



