Hilt-Partridges. 139 



patch, and again by a black band. This 

 black is reduced in size, or sometimes 

 quite absent, in specimens from Tenas- 

 serim. The breast is deep grey ; the belly 

 greyish white ; and the sides of the body 

 deep grey, each feather with a white spot, 

 and the lateral margins broadly chestnut. 

 The first ten quills of the wing are brown, 

 mottled with rufous at the tip. 



Length about io|; wing about 5 ; tail 

 about 2 ; legs pale red ; irides brown ; 

 bill black. Weight up to 12 oz. 



