Hill- Partridges. 149 



have recorded it from various parts of 

 Tenasserim. 



This Partridge is common in densely 

 wooded and hilly localities where the 

 vegetation is evergreen and thick. I 

 observed it on the Pegu Hills almost 

 entirely at the bottom of ravines and 

 streams. 



The crown and the hind part of the 

 head are olive-brown thickly spotted with 

 black, the spots tending to coalesce at the 

 back of the head. A very broad buff 

 band passes from the forehead over each 

 eye, the two bands meeting behind the 

 head. A broad black band encircles each 

 eye and runs down the side of the neck. 

 The throat is plain buff, and the foreneck 

 is buff spotted with black, the spots merg- 

 ing into a black band across the lower 

 foreneck. The upper plumage is olive- 

 brown banded with black and the tail is 

 variegated with olive-brown and black. 

 The visible portion of the closed wings is 

 very pale clear olive-brown, most of the 

 feathers with a large oval black spot and 

 a chestnut tip. The first ten quills of the 

 wing are brown with some rufous mottlings 

 at the tips. The breast is warm olive- 

 brown. The remainder of the lower 

 plumage is tawny brown, the sides of the 



