678 CACCABIS 



947. CHUKAR PARTRIDGE. 

 CACCABIS CHUCAR. 



Caccalis chucar (Gray), 111. Ind. Zool. i. p. 54 (1830-32) ; (Gould), Cent. 

 B. Himal. pi. 71 (1832) ; Dresser, vii. p. 97, pi. 470, fig. 2 ; David and 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 395 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. 

 p. 113 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 131 ; C. pallescen*, 

 arenarius and pallidus, Hume, Lah. to Yark. pp. 283, 284 (1873). 



Kurotschka, Russ. ; Kalik, Persian ; Chukar, Hindu. 



$ ad. (Rhodes). Differs from C. saxatilis in having the upper 

 parts paler, more rufous and less grey in tinge, the auriculars marked 

 with rufous, the chin and throat yellowish buff and not white, and the 

 lores buffy white and not black. Culmen I'O, wing 6 '4, tail 3*8, tarsus T85 

 inch. 



Hob. South-eastern Europe ; the Ionian Islands ; Palestine ; 

 Asia Minor and Central Asia, east to Turkestan, Mongolia, 

 Tibet, and China, south to the Punjab in India. 



Frequents similar localities to G. saxatilis, which it closely 

 resembles in habits, but in India it is found on open hillsides, 

 amongst bushes and grass, and in cultivated fields. It breeds 

 from April to August, its eggs being somewhat similar to those 

 of C.- saxatilis, but the spots are more rufous and as a rule 

 somewhat larger. In size they vary from 1*50 by 1*17 to 1'62 

 by 1-22. 



948. MONGOLIAN PARTRIDGE. 

 CACCABIS MAGNA. 



Caccalis magna, Prjevalsky, Mongol, i Strana Tan gut. etc. ii p. 127 

 (1876) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 120. 



< ad. Differs from C. saxatilis in being considerably paler, the general 

 colour being pale sandy isabelline, the black collar rather narrow with an 

 outside margin of rusty red. Culmen I'O, wing 7 '4, tail 4'8, tarsus T65 

 inch. 



Hob. The Southern Koko-nor mountains, the Tsaidam plains, 

 .and Northern Tibet. 



In habits it does not differ from C. chucar, but is said to 

 be more silent. When taking wing it utters a peculiar hollow 

 note, something like cuta-cuta, different from the call of C. chucar. 

 Nothing appears to be on record respecting its nidification. 



