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Perdi.v hardwickii, — Gray in Griffiths" ed. Cuv. lii., p. 48 (1829) • Id 

 iii., Ind. Zool. 1, pi. 52 (1830-32). 



Francolinus nivosus, — Delessert, Mag. de Zool. Ois., pi. 18 (Text) (1840) • 

 Id. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 100 (Bengal). ' 



Francolinus hardwickii, — Delessert, Voy. dans V Inde, p. 26, pi. 10 (1843) 

 (Pondicherry). 



Ithaginis lunulatus, — Gray, List of Birds, pt. iii., Gall. p. 32 (1844). 



Galloperdi.v lunulosa, — Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc, p. 241 (1849) (Rajmahl.); 

 Gould, B. Asia vi., pi. 69 (1854) ; Sclater & Wolf, Zool. Sket. 2, pi. 41 

 (1861) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 382 (Maunbhum) ; Blanford, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. xxxviii., pt. 2, p. 189 (1869) (Nagpur). 



Galloperdiv lunulosus, — Jerdon, B. India iii., p. 543 (1863) ; Marshall, B. 

 Nest Ind., p. 59 (1877) ; Hume & Marshall, Game B. Ind., 1 pi. (1878). 



Galloperdix lunulatus. — Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 533 (1873) ; 

 Ball, Str. Feath. ii., p. 427 (1874) (Chota Nagpur), v., p. 418 (1877) (Maha- 

 nadi & Godaveri Rivers) ; vii., p. 225 (1878) (Ganges to Godaveri) ; Hume 

 & Marshall, Game-B. Ind. 1, p. 254, pi. (1878) ; Markham, Str. F. ix., p. 

 206 (1880) (Allahabad) ; Butler, ibid, ix., p. 422 (1880) (Belgaimi Dist.) ; 

 Davison, ibid, x., p. 410 (1883) (Nilghiris) ; Barnes, Birds Bombay, p. 306 

 (1885) ; Taylor, Str. F. x., p. 531 (1887) (Orissa) ; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests 



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Galloperdix lunulata, — Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii., p. 263 (1893); 

 Markham, Journ Bomb. N. H. Soc. ix., p. 35 (1894) (Ken. R.) ; id., Man. 

 Game-Birds I., p. 209 (1895) ; Gates, Man. Game-B. I., p. 220 (1898) ; 

 Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. iv., p. 108 (1898) ; Finn, Ibis, 1899, p. 472; King, 

 Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xxi., p. 100 (1911) (Saugor) ; Whitehead, ibid, 

 xxi., p. 16(3 (1911) (Schose); Pitman, ibid, xxii., p. 801 (1914) (C. Provinces, 

 habits). 



Galloperdix lunulata, — Gates, Cat. Egg & Brit. Mus. 1, p. 50, pi. iv., fig. 

 9 (1901). 



VERNACULAR NAMES.— ksko\ {Orissa and Sinc/b/wom) ; Hootkah 

 (Gondhi) ; CuU-koli {Tamil) ; Jitta kodi {Telegu). 



Description — Adult Male. — Crown of head black, glossed with 

 green, each feather having a white oval spot, these again some- 

 times with a narrow black centre ; sides of head, nape and neck all 

 round, throat and extreme upper breast brownish-black, each 

 feather with a gloss}^ black terminal, and a white sub-terminal bar ; 

 the chin is whitish or buffish-white, less spotted with black. Whole 

 upper parts from hinder neck to shorter upper tail-coverts rich 

 chestnut with white, black-edged ocelli, the white decreasing in 

 extent towards the tail-coverts, and often absent or obsolete on 

 lower back, and rump. Longer upper tail coverts and tail brownish- 

 black, the rect rices with green or purple reflections in a good 

 light. 



Scapulars and innermost median and greater coverts like the back 

 but with strong metallic green gloss; other coverts like the back, 

 but with larger and more conspicuous ocelli ; bastard wing and 

 quills brown, some of the innermost secondaries glossed on the 

 outer web with green like the scapulars. Smaller under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries chestnut with black and white bars ; greater 

 coverts brown faintly edged with chestnut. 



