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regularity of appearance. They roam in herds of six or 

 eight. 



I have found them more abundant in the province of 

 Cutch than elsewhere, and, strange to say, tho antelope is 

 not seen there ; though across the gulf, on the coast of 

 Kattiawar, they abound. 



HARE. The Indian hare is similar to that of England 

 but far inferior in size. 



PEA-FOWL JUNGLE-FOWL SPUR-FOWL. In many 

 parts of India the first named live in a semi-domestic 

 state in and about the villages. Being deemed sacred 

 they are unmolested. The wild pea-fowl of the jungles 

 is a better bird for the table, and when young is no des- 

 picable food. 



The jungle-fowl is about the size of a bantam, and is 

 probably the original stock, though said to be incapable of 

 being domesticated. 



The spur-fowl is much smaller, and not nearly so hand- 

 some a bird, of the order Rasores. 



PARTRIDGES. There are three kinds indigenous to the 

 plains of India. Black, painted, and grey they are called 

 by the Indian sportsmen. The last-mentioned, the least 

 handsome of the three, and far inferior to the English 

 bird, the most nearly approaches it in appearance. The 

 black excels all for splendour of plumage. The call of the 

 black and painted partridge is very similar ; both, as well 

 as that of the grey, differing from that of the English bird. 



In the Bombay Presidency I have never met the black 

 partridge south of Cutch that is, of about the tropical 

 line. It is abundant north of it, in Scinde, but would 

 appear to be replaced by the painted further south. The 

 flesh of all the partridges in India is white, and far 



