PERDICIN.E. 311 



Male, above pale Isabella-brownish, finely freckled with dusky ; 

 the crown of the head and cheeks grey ; forehead and a narrow 

 line over the eye black ; lores and ear-coverts silky-white, rufous 

 posteriorly ; beneath this a narrow black line ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts much speckled with black ; primaries dusky within, 

 isabella-brown on the outer webs, with dusky pencillings, and all 

 but the first barred on their outer webs with whitish ; tail 

 chesnut-brown, paler at the tip, and freckled with black ; 

 beneath, the throat is greyish-white, the breast delicate grey, 

 and the sides of the neck grey with numerous white spots, 

 ana a few black specks ; breast pale rufous isabelline or 

 vinaceous ; the feathers of the flanks whitish, tinged with vinace- 

 ous, and dashed with rufous and dark-brown; lower tail- 

 coverts pale chesnut. 



The female wants the ashy crown of male, and is minutely 

 mottled all over, both above and beneath. 



The Seesee is not uncommon in precisely the same localities 

 as those frequented by C. chukar. 



It breeds at the same time, and in a similar manner to that bird. 

 The eggs are not unlike those of 0. pondiceriana, but are slightly 

 paler in color. They measure T36 inches in length by 11 in 

 breadth. 



GENUS, Ortygornis, Reich. 



Bill lengthened, tip well turned over ; legs red, with one strong 

 and sharp spur, occasionally two ; tail rather short, of twelve 

 feathers ; wings moderate. 



Ortygornis pondicerianus, Gm. 



822. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 569 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 6 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 



p. 422 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 214 ; Game 



Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 51 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 



India; Ibis, 1885, p. 131. 



THE GREY PARTRIDGE. 

 Titar, Hin. 



<?. Length, 11'6 to 13'4 ; expanse, 17'4 to 20 ; wing, 5'3 to 6 ; 

 tail, 3 : 35 to 4 ; tarsus, 1'4 to 17 ; bill from gape, 0'87 to 0'96 ; 

 weight, 9oz. to 12oz. 



$ . Length, 10'2 to 1T9 ; expanse, 16'5 to 18*3 ; wing, 5 to 5'68 ; 

 tail, 3'2 to 375 ; tarsus, 1-37 to T58 ; bill from gape, 075 to 

 0'89 ; weight, 7 oz. to 1 1 oz. 



Bill dusky-brown or blackish, beneath paler ; irides dark- 

 brown ; legs bright red. 



Head above olive-brown, rufous on the forehead over the eyes, 

 and on the nape ; lores and face also rufous, with black specks ; 

 ear-coverts silky hair-brown ; upper plumage, including the wing- 

 coverts, upper tail-coverts, and central tail-feathers, speckled 

 brown, each feather being rich red-brown with three bars of 



