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the black band behind the rufous throat, but this is not a constant 

 character. In the Himalayas this species inhabits a lower zone 

 than A. torqueola, from the base of the hills to about 6000 feet. 



1361. Arboricola intermedia. The Arralcan Hill-Partridge. 



Arboricola intermedia, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 277 (1855'); 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 174 ; Blyth 8f Wold. Birds 

 Burin, p. 150 ; Hume fy Marsh. Game B. ii, p. 85, pi. ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 825 ter; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 327 ; id. in Hume's N. fy E. 

 2nd ed. iii, p. 440 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 307 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. 

 B. M. xxii, p. 211. 



Arboriphila intermedia, Hume, S. F. ii, p. 450 ; Oates, S. F. iii, 

 p. 344. 



Touny-Kha, Burmese. 



This is only distinguished from A. rufiyularis by having the 

 chin and throat entirely black, followed by an unspotted ferru- 

 ginous-red gorget without any black lower border. In all other 

 respects this species is identical with the last, of which it is merely 

 a race. 



Distribution. The Arrakan hills between Arrakan and Pogu, 

 ranging as far north as Eastern Manipur, where Hume found this 

 bird common, and to North Cachar and the Naga hills, whence it 

 was obtained by Godwin-Austen. 



1365. Arboricola atrigularis. The White-cheeked Hill -Par fridge. 



Arboricola atrogularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 819 (1849); id. 

 Cat. p. 253 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 273; Hume, 

 S. F. v, p. 44 ; Anderson, Yunnan JExped.< Aves, p. 673 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 824 bis ; Hume 8f Marsh. Game B. ii, p. 79, pi. ; Hume, 

 S. F. xi, p. 306; Oyilvie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 209. 



Arborophila atrogularis, Hume, S. F. ii, p. 449. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 439. 

 Peura, Sylhet ; Duboy, Dubore, Assam ; San-batai, Chittagong. 



Coloration. Crown olive-brown, passing into grey on the fore- 

 head and rufous on the nape and sides of neck ; all feathers, 

 except on the forehead, with black shafts or terminal spots ; a long 

 superciliuin from the lores, and area all round eye black ; a pale 

 grey superciliary stripe, also from the lores, above the black ; 

 cheeks white, passing into pale rufous on ear-coverts ; back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts yellowish olive-brown, the feathers broadly 

 tipped and barred with black ; scapulars and tertiaries greyer, with 

 large subterminal black spots and ferruginous tips ; wing-coverts 

 light greyish olive mixed with dark brown ; quills brown, secondaries 

 edged and mottled on the outer webs with rufous ; tail-feathers 

 mottled olive and black ; chin and throat black ; fore neck black 

 above, with white edges to the feathers, below with grey, passing 

 into the grey breast aud flanks, the latter with white spots ; middle 

 of abdomen whitish ; lower tail-coverts rufous -olive, with white tips 

 and subterminal black spots. Sexes alike. 



