-684 PERDIX 



Hal. Central and Eastern Asia ; north and east to Dauria 

 .and the southern Baikal, west to the Altai; Yenesei and Russian 

 Dzungaria ; Eastern Turkestan ; Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, 

 -and Northern China. 



In habits it does not differ from P. cincrea, and its nest and 

 -eggs are similar, but the latter, which are usually deposited 

 early in June, are somewhat smaller, measuring about 

 1-35 by 1-03. 



95G. TIBETAN PARTRIDGE. 

 PERDIX HODGSONI2E. 



PerJlx liodgsoiua\ Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. xxv. p. luo. and pi. (1807) ; 

 Gould, B. of As. vi. pi. 74 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. U. Br. MILS. xxii. 

 p. 193 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 1 42. 



Sakpl ICL, Tibetan. 



$ ad. (Ladak). Forehead butty white, edged with black before and 

 lieliind ; crown deep chestnut, washed with white ; lores, supercilium, and- 

 -cheeks buffy white ; sides of and lower hind neck foxy red with grey mar- 

 gins to the feathers, forming a collar ; upper parts, wings and tail as in 

 P. cincrea ; chin and tipper throat white, with a buff tinge ; sides of head 

 below the eye, and nearly meeting the front, black, below which is a white 

 kind ; under parts whitish, barred down to the lower abdomen with black, 

 and a black patch on the middle of the body ; flanks washed with rufous ; 

 bill and legs horn-green ; orbital skin reddish. Culmen 0'9, wing 6'4, 

 tail 3'4, tarsus 1'G inch. Sexes alike. 



Hal). Tibet north of Sikhiin and Nepal and as far west as 

 Hanle, at 14,000 to 18,000 feet elevation ; Kashmir. 



In habits it is said to resemble P. cincrea, and the eggs are 

 pale drab, with a faint reddish brown tinge over the large end, 

 .and at the point of the smaller end, and measure T77 by 1*2. 



957. KANSU PARTRIDGE. 

 PERDIX SIFANICA. 



Perd'ix slfanica, Prjevalsky, Mongol, i Strana Tangut. &c., ii. p. 124 

 (1876) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 195 ; Berez. and 

 Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su, &c. p. 13. 



$ ad. (Kan-su). Differs from P. hodgsonice in lacking the black patch 

 on the under surface of the body, and those on the sides of the head are 

 reduced to a smallish patch below the eye. Culmen 0'9, wing 5'55, 

 .tail 3'0, tarsus 1-6 inch. 



