660 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVII. 



entrance and this had been disturbed next morning though the 

 second bird was not caught. The eggs were then taken for me. 



" The nest is described as being built in a carefully scraped out 

 and rounded hole in a bank ; this hole measured 8| inches in 

 diameter after the removal of the nest which was built carefully 

 of, and domed with grass with an internal diameter of 6|- inches. 

 The actual site of the nest was fairly open, but only a few yards 

 away started undergrowth of the type usually frequented by the 

 Peora. Particular emphasis is laid on the fact that whenever the 

 nest was visited the eggs were quite cold, and on the fact of 

 concealing the entrance of the nest with grass whether the bird 

 was sitting or absent. 



" The eggs when blown were found to be all slightly incubated to 



an equal extent. They are in .shape a very pointed oval, verging 



almost on the pyriform, of a very fine texture, faintly pitted, and 



with a rather pronounced gloss. The colour is an almost pure 



white with no marl^ing. The nine eggs measure from 42"5 to iQ'O 



mm. in length and 32 . 5 to 34 mm. in width ; the average 



combes to 44-0 by 33-2 mm." 



General Habits. — Similar to those of the two preceding races, but 



nothing has been written so far on this one except in conjunction with 



them. It occurs on the Simla Hills up to 9,000 feet and 10,000 feet 



in summer, but also ranges down as low as 5,000 feet, so that probably 



in the winter may be found at lower elevations than these. 



Aeboeicola eufogularis rufogularts. 

 Blyth's or the Rufous-tJiroated Hill Partridge. 



Arhoricola rufogularis — Blyth, J. A. S. B., xviii, p. 819, (1849), 

 (Sikkimj ; id, Cat., p. 253, (1849) ; id, J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 276, (1855) ; 

 Jerdon, B. of In., ii, p. 578, (1864) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 159 ; Beavan, 

 ibid, (1868) p. 385 ; Hume, S. F., v, p. 114, (1877) ; id, ibid, viii, p. 3, 

 (1879) ; Hume and Marsh. Game-B., ii, p. 75, (1879) ; Scully, S. F., 

 viii, p. 349, (1879), (Nepal) ; Gates, B. of B. B., ii, p. 328, (1883) ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 393 ; id, Cat, B. M., xxii, p. 212, (1893) ; 

 id, Hand-L., Game-B., i., p. 165, (1895). 



Perdix rufogularis — Gray, List Gall., p. 58, (1867). 



Arborophila rufogidaris—HmiiQ, S. F., ii, p. 450, (1874), (Kumaon). 



Arhoricola rufigidaris — Blyth and Wald., Mam. and B. of B., p. 150, 

 (1875) ; Gates, in Hume's N. and E., iii, p. 439, (1890) ; Blanf., Avi- 

 fauna of B. I., iv., p. 126, (1898) ; Gates, Game-B., i, p. 137, (1898) ; 

 Stuart Baker, J. B. N. H. S., x , p. 490, (1899) ; Gates, Eggs, B. M., 

 i, p. 43, (1901) ; Inglis, J. B. N. H. S., xxvii, p. 154, (1920), (Buxa). 



Arhoricola rufogularis rufogidaris—^tevtns, J. B. N. H. S., xxiii, p. 

 724, (1915), (Dafla and Abor Hills). 



Vernacular Names — Pewra (Kumaon) ; Kohumbut, (Lepcha) ; 

 Pokhu, (Dafla). 



