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THE PAINTED PARTRIDGE; 



Length, 11 to 13 ; expanse, 17 to 19 '5 ; wing, 5 '3 to 5 '8 ; tail, 

 2'6 to 3'55 ; tarsus, T5 to 175 ; bill from gape, 1 to 113 ; 

 weight, 8-rV to 12 T ^ oz. 



Bill blackish, paler at base beneath ; irides deep brown ; legs 

 reddish or yellowish -red. 



Neither sex have spurs. 



Forehead, lores, face, broad superciliura, and ear-coverts ferrugi- 

 nous-chesnut ; the top of the head dark brown with pale edgings, 

 the- neck all round pale ferruginous ; the upper part of the back 

 and scapulars deep brown ; the feathers edged laterally with creamy 

 white, and this gradually passing into the markings of the wings, 

 which are chesnut with black bands ; the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, are beautifully marked with undulating lines of 

 black and white ; tail deep brown, the feathers finely cross-barred at 

 their base ; beneath, the throat is white, with longitudinal dark lines ; 

 the whole of the rest of the lower surface variegated black and 

 white, each feather being white with two dark cross-bands, and the 

 shaft and tip black ; these dark bands gradually narrow towards 

 the vent ; under tail-coverts chesnut ; feathers of the flanks and 

 sides of the rump are tinged with pale ferruginous. 



The female differs in having a somewhat ferruginous tinge 

 beneath, and in the throat being more or less rufous. 



With the exception of Sind, the Painted Partridge occurs in all 

 suitable localities throughout our limits. It is a permanent resi- 

 dent, breeding towards the middle of the rains. The eggs, six or 

 eight in number, are somewhat peg-top shape, and are smoky- 

 white in color. They measure 1*4 inches in length by 118 in 

 breadth. 



GENUS, Oaccabis, Kaup. 



Bill somewhat lengthened, stout, red ; tarsi of male with a 

 blunt spur, red ; tail of 12 or 14 feathers not quite concealed by 

 the upper-coverts ; a small nude patch behind the eye ; plumage 

 not mottled. 



Caccabis chukar, J. E. Gr. 



320. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 564 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 213 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 p. 33. 



THE GHUKOR PARTRIDGE. 



Chukor, Hin. 

 <J. Length, 14'25 to 1575 ; expanse, 21'5 to 23'25 ; wing, 6'25 



to 6'8 ; tail, 4 to 4'9 ; tarsus, T6 to T9 ; bill from gape, 0'94 to 



1-2 ; weight, 19 to 27 oz. 



o . Length, 13'0 to 14'4 ; expanse, 20 to 21'3 ; wing, 5'9 to 6'5 ; 



taiC 3'3 to 4>1 J tarsus, T55 to 175 ; bill from gape, 0'94 to 11 ; 



weight, 13 to 19 oz. 



Bill crimson to deep coral-red, occasionally dusky on the cul- 



