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Bill coral red, with a brownish tinge on culmen ; iridea 

 hazel brown and reddish brown ; edge of eyelids brick red ; 

 feet red, paler than the bill. 



These specimens are deep tinted, much darker than examples 

 of the same species from Ladak and Yarkand. 



The Chukor is common on certain parts of the hills round 

 the valley of Nepal, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, 

 from March to October. It frequents rounded grassy hills, 

 where the small nullahs are fringed with bushes, and where 

 there is no forest ; in such localities, especially near patches of 

 cultivation, and on bits of stony ground, flocks of Chukor are 

 sure to be found. About the end of October the birds descend 

 the hills and assemble on the confines of the warmer valleys 

 for the winter; where they can feed in the rice fields which 

 Lave been reaped, in fields of growing corn, &c. 



It breeds from May to June, usually at an elevation of about 

 6,000 feet. On the 5th June a nest of the Chukor was found 

 at Kakni Powah ; it was on the ground, under the edge of a 

 rock, and well sheltered by ferns and small bushes. The nest 

 was a mere pad of grass and leaves, and contained seven nearly 

 fresh eggs, which were neatly arranged, six in a circle, with the 

 small end pointing inwards, and the seventh egg filled up the 

 centre. 



824.— Arboricola torqueolus, Valenc. (Peunm), 



Female, July, — Length, 10'9 ; expanse, 19; wing, 5'7 ; tail, 

 3*75 ; tarsus, 1*5 ; bill from gape, 0*9; bill at front, 0"76 ; 

 nostril to tip of bill, 0*3; closed wings short of tail, 2*0 ; weight, 

 7*5 ozs. 



Bill black, the culmen and gonys brownish; irides brown; 

 spot at gape and orbital skin purplish red ; feet brownish olive 

 horny ; claws pink horny. The upper surface is strongly 

 undulated with black. 



This Partridge is found on the hills round the valley of 

 Nepal, in densely-wooded nullahs. I saw four or five specimens 

 during the time I was in Nepal, but I cannot say whether it is 

 common there. 



825. — Arboricola rufogularis, Bly. — A. rufipes, 

 Eodgs. 



Male, Valley, June. — Length, 9*2 ; expanse, 17 ; wing, 5*0 ; 

 tail, 2' 2; tarsus, 1*35 ; bill from gape, 0*9 ; bill at front, 0'64 ; 

 nostril to tip of bill, 0*32 ; mid-toe and claw, 1*6 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 1'3. 



Bill black ; gape and orbital skin pink fleshy ; irides dark 

 brown ; feet red. 



