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feeding, straggle a great deal and wander far from one another, though 
they keep in touch by means of the usual soft low whistle. If danger 
is near the whistling ceases at once, and as they lie very close and don’t 
rise until almost trodden on, anyone disturbing one bird may easily 
miss the rest. This has probably given rise to the idea so generally 
met with that they are solitary birds. Should one be put up and fly 
off, if the disturber of the peace will only stand absolutely still for a 
few minutes, he will presently hear a mellow low whistle somewhere 
near, and this will be taken up and replied to from all quarters until 
each bird has located his fellows. This call is very soft and quite 
inaudible to human ears unless one keeps very still, but the whistle 
during the breeding season is a very beautiful, loud clear double note, 
audible at very great distances. 
They fly at a good rate, dodge about considerably, and have a habit 
of hurling themselv2s suddenly into cover or from one side to another, 
which is very disconcerting to a would-be shooter, but often they will 
fly a considerable distance when put up before seeking shelter. They 
perch readily and constantly, but perhaps not so frequently as some 
of the others of their kind, and during the day I think they often lie 
up in scrub and grass rather than roost on trees and bamboos. 
Their food is the same as that of all other Arboricolas, both insects 
and seeds, etc., and for the table they form quite a respectable dish, 
for they are nearly always fat and in good condition. 
ARBORICOLA BRUNNEOPECTA. 
The Brown-breasted Hill Partridge. 
Arboricola brunneopectus—Tick., Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xxiv, p. 276, 
(1855), (Tennasserim) ; Hume, 8. F., ., p. 482, (1874) ; Hume and 
Davis, ibid, vi, p. 443, (1878), (Kyouknyat) ; Hume, ibid, viii, p. 111, 
(1879) ; Hume and Marsh, Game-B., 1, p. 87, (1879), (Tounghoo) ; 
Bingham, ibid, ix, p. 195, (1880), (Dauna Range) ; Oates, ibid, x, 
p. 236, (1882) ; (Pegu) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 397 ; id, Cat., 
B. M., xxu, p. 216, (1893) ; id, Hand-L., Game-B., i, p. 169, (1895) ; 
Oates, J. B. N. H.S., x, p. 112, (1895), (Ruby Mines) ; id, Game-B., 
1, p. 133, (1898) ; Blanf., Avifauna, B. I., iv, p. 128, (1898) ; Hopwood, 
J. B.N. H.8., xvii, p. 433, (1908), (Chindwin) ; Harington, ibid, xix, 
p- 365, (1909), (Rangoon) ; Barton, J. N. H.8., Siam, i. No. 2, p. 108, 
(1914), (Raheng, Siam) ; Gyldenstolpe, Kang. Sven. Vet., Acad. Hand- 
L., 56, p. 156, (1916), (N. W. Siam). 
Arboricola brunnervpectus—Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 159; Blyth and 
Wald., Cat, M. and B., Burma, ui, p. 325, (1883) ; Oates, B. of Burm., ii, 
p. 325, (1883). 
Arborophila brunneopectus—Hume, §. F., ii, p. 449, (1874) ; id, 
ibid, ui, p. 174, (1875) ; Walden, Ibis, 1875, p. 459. 
Vernacular Names.—Wo-gam, (Kachin) ; Touwng-kha (Burmese). 
