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this specimen I twice saw Partridge running in the jungle which 
were probably this species, not far from where it was got. In all 
three cases the birds were quite alone, at all events I saw no others 
with them, and am sure I should have spotted them had there been 
any others in their company. To-day, however, I came on several 
of these little Partridges feeding on wild figs; there were a dozen or, 
perhaps, 20 birds altogether, out of which I succeeded in bagging 
two, and I hope soon to get more. The birds are not gregarious, 
I think, the number seen together being merely owing to the fact 
of the fallen fruit having furnished so great an attraction. From 
what the natives say, they must be very numerous here.” 
Grenus—RHIZOTHERA., 
The genus Rhizothera contains but one species of partridge containing 
two races, R. 1. longirostris from the Malay Peninsula, etc., and R. 1. 
dulitensis from the mountains of Borneo. Its long, heavy and much 
bent down bill at once distinguishes it from all other Indian 
Partridges. It has 12 tail feathers, a short rounded wing, the 5th and 
6th primaries sub-equal and longest, and the Ist about equal to the 
10th; the tarsi are stout and long, and are furnished with short blunt 
spurs in both sexes ; the claws are straight but small, and there is a 
small hind claw. The sexes are different to one another in colouration. 
Very little is recorded about their habits. 
RHIZOTHERA LONGIROSTRIS LONGIROSTRIS. 
The Long-billed Wood Partridge. 
Perdix longivostris—Temm. Pig. et Gall., ii, pp. 323 and 721, 
(1815), (N. Sumatra). 
Francolinus longirostris—Steph. In. Shaws, Gen. Zool., xi, p. 317, 
(1819) ; Gray, Ill. Ind. Zool., i, pl. 45, (1833-4). 
Tetrao curvirostris—Raffl., Trans. Lin. Soc., xin, p. 323, (1822), 
(Sumatra). 
Rhizothera longirostris—Gray, List Gen. B., p. 79, (1841) ; Kelham, 
Ibis, 1882, p. 4 (Perak) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 183, (1893) ; 
id., Hand-L., Game-B., i, p. 142, (1895) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1893, p. 552. 
(Borneo) ; id., Ibis, 1894, p. 546 (Mt. Dulit) ; Inglis, J. B. N. H. S., 
xxvi, p. 291 (1918), (Tennasserim), Gyldenstolpe ; Ibis, 1920, p. 736, 
Siam). 
Rhizothera curvirostris—Blyth, Cat. B. M. A. 8., p. 252, (1849), 
(Malacca). / 
Ortygernis longirostris, Reichenl., Syst, Av., pl. xxvii, (1852). 
Vernacular Names.—None recorded. 
Description, Adult Male.—Crown and nape rich chocolate-brown, 
palest on forehead ; lores, supercilia and sides of head and neck rusty 
chestnut ; a line froin the nostrils through and over the eye black ; a 
