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tree jungle, but is also found in thick 

 forest. It is usually met with in pairs, 

 but sometimes in small parties, gliding 

 about on the ground amongst the dense 

 brushwood, and scratching about among 

 the dead leaves, hunting for insects and 

 seeds. Its note is a low, soft, double 

 whistle, which is chiefly heard in the 

 morning and evening. Without dogs they 

 are very hard to procure, as they will not 

 rise, but run only a short distance, and 

 then squat close under some cover." 



In this species the crown and the 

 hindneck are rich brown ; the forehead 

 and a broad band over the eye, extending 

 to beyond the back of the head, white 

 streaked with black ; the chin almost 

 pure white ; the throat and cheeks white 

 spotted with black ; and the sides of the 

 neck and the foreneck chestnut spotted 

 with black. The whole upper plumage 

 and tail are a rich olive-brown tinged with 

 rufous ; every part cross-barred in a wavy 

 irregular manner with black, and the 

 wings mottled and blotched with black, 

 reddish brown and olive-brown. The first 

 ten quills of the wing are brown slightly 

 mottled at the tip. The lower part of 

 the front of the neck is brown. The 

 upper part of the breast, its sides and the 



