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the sudden startling flush and flurry of the 

 Partridge, with great speed, and so low over 

 the underwood as barely to afford aim 

 enough to be reckoned even a snap shot." 



There are four eggs in the British 

 Museum said to have been found in 

 Sikhim, and which I think have been 

 correctly assigned to the present species. 

 They are broad ovals, pointed at one 

 end and very glossy. They are very pale 

 greyish white with some minute pale brown 

 specks. In length they vary from 1*56 to 

 1*6, and in breadth from i'22 to 1*27. 



The male bird has the whole crown 

 and the ears deep chestnut. A narrow 

 white line borders the crown on each 

 side. The space round the eye and in 

 front is black. The chin, throat, part of 

 the sides of the head, and the whole 

 neck are black streaked with white. In 

 some specimens the throat is almost 

 wholly black. A white gorget divides 

 the black of the neck from the grey of 

 the breast. The belly is pure white and 

 the sides of the body are of a purer and 

 deeper grey than the breast, and each 

 feather has a large oval white spot and 

 broad lateral chestnut margins. The 

 upper plumage, wings and tail are olive- 

 brown, each feather of the back and 



