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When flushed by a dog or otherwise, they almost always fly up 

 and perch on the surrounding trees where they squat, and 

 commence calling softly to each other. I have shot three or 

 four when thus perched before the others have attempted to 

 move, and I have had them perch within a few feet of me, and 

 keep staring at me, whistling softly all the time. Their ordi- 

 nary call is a series of double whistles commencing very soft 

 and slow, but gradually becoming more and more rapid and 

 rising higher and higher, till, at last, the bird has to stop. As 

 soon as one stops, another immediately takes up the call. The 

 call is very easily imitated, and, after a covey has been dispers- 

 ed, it is not difficult to attract them by imitating the call. I 

 have done so more than once with complete success. The birds 

 chiefly call in the early morning and evening remaining quiet 

 as a rule during the day. 



They feed on insects, small land shells, fallen berries, and 

 various seeds, and are very fond of scratching about among 

 the dead leaves. — W. D.] 



I have already pointed out, S. F., V., 114, how the Mooleyit 

 race differs from the Himalayan rnfogularis, and need not 

 therefore here recur further to the subject. 



The following are dimensions, &c, recorded in the flesh 

 from a large series : — 



Males.— Length, 10-75 to 11*25 ; expanse, 18-4 to 19-5 ; tail 

 from vent, 2-25 to 2'75 ; wing, 5'65 to 6'0 ; tarsus, 1*6 to'l-8 ; 

 bill from gape, 0*95 to 1*1 ; weight, 10*0 to 12*0 ozs. 



females. — Length, 100 to 10*5 ; expanse, 16*6 to 18*5 ; tail 

 from vent, 20 to 2*3 ; wing, 53 to 5-6 ; tarsus, 1*52 to 1*75 ; 

 bill from gape, 09 to l'O ; weight, 8*0 to 9'0 ozs. 



Legs and feet pale pinky red ; bill horny black ; irides deep 

 brown ; orbital skin bright red. 



825 quat. — Arboricola charltoni, Eyton. 



Although this has been said to occur in Tenasserim, I very 

 much doubt the fact. If it occurred anywhere, it would be at 

 the extreme south of that province, and this is just the portion 

 that we have most exhaustively worked. However it may occur, 

 and I, therefore, give a detailed description taken from a fine 

 skin obtained in the Malay Peninsula. 



The basal portion of the bill and a bare ring round the eye 

 appear to have been red ; the lores and forehead" are covered 

 with striped feathers, yellowish white in the centres, olive brown 

 at the sides, the olive brown becoming almost black towards the 

 tips of some of the feathers. A long conspicuous superciliary 

 stripe continued downwards on either side of the back of the 

 neck white or yellowish white, the feathers more or less broadly 



