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say regarding the habits of this Partridge ; 

 they seem to be quite similar to those of 

 the other Hill-Partridges. 



Mr. Hume tells us that Mr. Mandelli 

 sent him an egg of this Partridge. It 

 was taken from a nest which contained 

 four fresh eggs on the 4th July at 

 Pattabong, below Darjiling. This egg 

 is described as being a broad oval in 

 shape, pointed towards the small end ; 

 in colour a sullied white with a few very 

 minute grey specks dotted about on it ; 

 and the shell rather fine and smooth, 

 but with very little perceptible gloss. It 

 measured 1*5 by 1*2. 



In this bird the crown of the head is 

 brown spotted with black, and a broad 

 band over the eye is grey speckled with 

 black. The throat, the sides of the head 

 and the sides of the neck, (almost meet- 

 ing behind) are chestnut with round black 

 spots. The upper plumage, the wings 

 and tail are olive-brown ; the feathers of 

 the back with faint, indistinct, darker 

 margins (sometimes almost absent) ; the 

 rump and tail with small black spots 

 and triangular marks ; the wing-coverts 

 pale olive-brown with large oval black 

 spots and chestnut tips. The spotted 

 throat is followed by a plain chestnut 



