434 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIEED 



" In conclusion I may remark that the bird has much of the 

 character of Caccabis, whilst in colours it resembles greatly the 

 Grey Partridge of India."— Hodgson, J. A. S. B., 1856, 105. 



827 Ms.— Ophrysia superciliosa, Gray. 



Male. — Lores, chin, throat, and sides of the face and ear- 

 coverts deep black ; forehead, a broad stripe above and behind 

 the eye silvery grey, each feather on the forehead with a still 

 lighter shaft, above the light stripe a second one of black ; the 

 centre of the hinder part of the head and nape light greyish 

 brown ; upper surface, tail and under surface olive, tinged with 

 grey on the breast and abdomen ; all the feathers of both sur- 

 faces margined on each side with a line of black ; under tail- 

 coverts black, every feather with a small tooth-like mark of 

 white on each side near the base, a similar but larger mark 

 about two-thirds from the base, and two coalescing oval spots 

 of white at the tips ; bill reddish ; tarsi brown. Total length, 

 9 inches; bill, 0-62 ; wing, 3"5 ; tail, 275 ; tarsi, 1-33. 



Female. — General tint cinnamon brown, with a rufous edging 

 to each feather; those of the upper surface with light-coloured 

 shafts and triangular mark of dull black on the inner web near 

 the tip, preceded by a small mark of the same hue as the shafts ; 

 on the under surface the dark mark occupies the centre of the 

 tip of each feather, and is of a lanceolate form ; the throat is 

 pale greyish cinnamon, as is also the head, where there is an 

 indication of the superciliaiy stripe seen in the male ; the fea- 

 thers of the crown and behind the eye being somewhat greyer 

 than the others, and having polished shafts ; on each side of 

 the nape a dark stripe as in the male ; tail irregularly barred 

 with black ; under tail-coverts dark cinnamon, with a stripe of 

 black in the centre, between which and the margin is a stripe 

 on each side, which unites with a large patch of the same hue 

 near the tip. — Gould, " B. of Asia." 



836 Us.— Otis tarda, Lin. 



Male. — The bill is pale yellowish brown, darker on the ridge ; 

 the iris hazel ; the feet light brown, as are the claws ; the head 

 and upper neck all round are light greyish-blue ; on the 

 upper part of the head is a longitudinal brown band ; the 



