350 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



This Hill Partridge is found on the hills round the Nepal 

 Valley in similar localities to those frequented by torqueolus ; 

 and it appears to occur in about the same numbers as that 

 species. 



Dr. Jerdon says that this species " was discriminated by 

 Blyth from specimens sent from Darjeelin^, and we are ig-no- 

 rant of its rang-e west of Sikim^' ; but as a matter of fact it was 

 first discriminated by Hodgson from specimens obtained in 

 Nepal, and that naturalist gave it the appropriate title of rufipes. 



829.— Ooturnix communis, Bonn. 



Four males. — Length, 7'6 to 7'^ ; expanse, 13*8 to 14; wing, 

 4'2 to 4*4 ; tail, 1'65 to 1*8 ; tarsus, TO to 1*05 ;bill from gape, 

 0*6 to 0-65 ; bill at front, 0'4 to 0*5 ; closed wings short of tail, 

 0-4 to 0-9 ; weight, 3-2 to 375 ozs. 



Four females. — Length, 7*6 to 8'0 ; expanse, 14 to 14"3,' 

 wing, 4*35 to 4*6; tail, 17 to 2*0; tarsus, 1-0 to 1*1 ; bill from 

 gape, 0'63 to 0-7 ; bill at front, 0*45 to 0-47 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 0*4 to 0'6 ; weight, 3*5 to 3*75 ozs. 



The Common Quail is found in great numbers in the valley 

 of Nepal from the middle of October to the middle of Decem- 

 ber, and from about the third week in March to the end of 

 April. It is abundant in the Nawakot district in November 

 and in the plains of Nepal in December. In November the 

 Quail swarm in the Marwa crop and rice fields of the valley, 



833.— Turnix plumbipes, Hodgs. 



Male, Valley, September. — Expanse,* 11 "5 ; wing, 3*4 ; tarsus, 

 0"9 ; bill from gape, 0-7 ; bill at front, 0-52 ; weight, 1-25 ozs. 



Bill grey plumbeous, dusky above ; irides milky white ; feet 

 pale plumbeous ; claws greyish horny. 



Chin and upper portion of throat greyish white ; neck and 

 breast fulvous, conspicuously barredacross with black; abdomen, 

 crissum and under tail-coverts light bright ferruginous. Iden- 

 tical with specimens from Sikim. 



This Bustard Quail appears to be rare in the valley of Nepal. 

 It was observed in winter in some of the cultivated lowlands 

 of the Nawakot district. 



845.— Oharadrius fulvus, Gm. 



Three males, Valley, September and October. — Length, 9*4 to 

 9-8 ; expanse, 20-6 to 20-7 ; wing, 6-4 ; tail, 2*4 to 2-9 ; tarsus, 

 1*7 ; tibia bare, 0*8 ; bill from gape, 1-05 to I'l ; bill at front, 

 0*92 to 0'93 ; closed wings reach to end of tail. 



* An immature bird.— A. 0. H. 



