28. THE ARRAKAN HILL- 

 PARTRIDGE. 



Arboricola intermedia, BLYTH. 



Sides of the body marked with white 



and chestnut. 

 Breast grey. 

 Feathers of the back obsoletely fringed, 



not barred. 

 Throat black. 



Sexes alike. 



VERNACULAR NAME : Toung-hka, Bur- 

 mese. 



THE Arrakan Hill-Partridge occurs in 

 various parts of the Arrakan hill range, 

 and I observed it on the eastern slopes 

 of this range in the latitude of Prome. 

 I also procured this Partridge near Bhamo, 

 and quite lately Mr. F. Atlay sent me a 

 specimen from the Ruby-Mines. Colonel 

 Godwin-Austen observed it in the North 

 Cachar and the Naga Hills, and Mr. 

 Hume in Manipur. 



The range of this species and the 

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