TRE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 3 



Francolinus spadiceus, — Gray, TIL Ind. Orn. ii., pi. 42, fig. 2 (1834). 

 Polyplectron northice, - Gray, III. Ind. Orn. ii., pi. 43, fig. 1 (1834) (female). 

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

 Ithaginis madagascariensU, — Gray, (nee. Tetrao madagarensis, Scop.) List 

 of B. pt. iii., Gall. p. 32 (1844); id. Gen. B. iii. p. 504 (1846). 



Galloperdix spadiceus, — Mc. Master, J. A. S. B. xl., pt. 2, p. 215 (1845) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. Mus. As Soc, p. 241 (1849) (C. and S. India) ; Gould, Birds 

 Asia, vi., pi. 68 (1854) ; Jerdon, Birds of India, iii., p. 541 (1863) : Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 532 (1873): Fairb., Str. Feath. v., p. 409 (1877) 

 (Palani Hills) ; Ball., Str. Feath. v., p. 418 (1877) (Mahanadi and Godaveri 

 Rivers) ; Marshall, Birds' Nests Ind., p. 59 (1877) ; Hume & Marshall 

 Game B. Ind. 1, p. 247, pi. (1878) ; Davidson and Wendon, Str., 

 Feath. vii., p. 87 (1878) (Deccan) ; Ball, Str. Feath. vii., p. 225 

 (1878) (Ganges to Godaveri) ; Vidal, Str. Feath. ix., p. 76 (1880) (S. 

 Konkan); Butler, Str. Feath. ix., p. 422 (1880) (Deccan and S. Mahratta 

 Country) ; Davidson, Str. Feath. x., p. 316 (1882) (W. Khandeish) ; 

 Davison, Str. Feath, x., p. 410 (1883) (Nilghiris, Wynaad and Mysore) ; 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 131 (Central India) ; Taylor, Str. Feath, 

 X., p. 1164 (Manzurabar, Mysore) p. 531 (1887) (Orissa) ; Terry, Str. Feath. 

 X., p. 479 (1887) (Palani Hills) ; Barnes, Birds Bombay, p. 305 (1885) ; Gates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests and eggs iii., p. 423 (1890) ; Davidson, J. B. N. H. Soc. 

 vi., p. 340 (1891) (Kanara) ; Sharpe, J. ibid, ix., p. 487 (1895) ; (Coonoor) ; 

 Davidson, ibid, xii , p. 63 (1898) (Kanara) ; Dewar, ibid, xvi., p. 495 (1905) 

 (Madras). 



Hepburnia spadicea, — Hartl., Orn. Beits. Madag. p. 68 (1861) (Madagascar). 

 Ithaginis spadiceus, — Gray, List. Gall. Brit. Mus., p. 47 (1867). 

 Galloperdix spadicea, — Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 157 (Oudh, Gorakhpur) ; Elwes, 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 528 (Cardamum Hills) ; Blanford, Journ. A. S. Bengal xxxviii., 

 pt. ii., p. 189 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii., p. 261 (1893) ; id., 

 Man. Game B. 1, p. 206 (1895); Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. iv., p. 106 

 (1898) ; Gates, Mon. Game Birds Ind. 1, p. 215 (1898). 



Hepburnia spadiceus,— Ball, Str. Feath. ii., p. 426 (1874) (Chota Nagpur), 

 iii., p. 294 (1875). 



Galloperdix spadicea, — Gates, Cat. Birds Eggs Brit. Mus. 1, p. 49, pi. iv., 

 fig. 4 (1901) (Egg). 



VERNACULAR NAMES.— Ghota. Jungli Murghi {Hin. Cent. Provinces, 

 4-c.) ; Chakotri, Kokatri {Mahr. Syhadri Range) ; Kustoor (Mahr. Deccan) ; 

 Sarawa-Koli (Tamil) ; Yerra-Kodi, Jita-Kodi (Tel.) 



Bescriiotion — Adult Male. — C!rown and nape dark broMm shading 

 into pale brown on the hind neck and into sandy brown or bufF 

 on the forehead. Upper back, scapulars and inter-scapulars rufous 

 chestnut, each feather margined with pale greyish-brown ; lower 

 back, rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut, finely vermiculated 

 with broken bars of black ; visible portions of tail the same, but 

 the inner webs blackish on all but the central pair of rectrices and 

 almost entirely black on the outermost. 



Median and greater wing-coverts like the lower back, and lesser 

 wing-coverts like the upper back ; quills dark brown, the outer 

 secondaries with chestnut buff mottling on the outer webs, and 

 inner secondaries like the lower back ; under aspect of wing lighter 

 brown. 



Below, chin whitish-brown, grading into silvery brown on the 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of the throat ; breast, flanks and 



