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dried cow droppings, and here they seemed to be feeding them- 

 selves with something. After feeding for about half an hour, 

 during which they were in and out of sight amongst the bushes, the 

 cock settled down within a couple of yards of me, and gathered his 

 chicks under him, but an unfortunate movement on my part at this 

 moment sent parent and chicks skurrying away into the under- 

 growth, and I saw no more of them. 



They are principally seed and vegetable eaters, but undoubtedl}'- 

 take ants and other small insects as they come across them, and a 

 tame bird I had for a few weeks ate gentles and spiders greedily. 



The call of the Burmese Button Quail is, to me, indistinguishable 

 from that of the Bustard Quail, and I could never tell which bird 

 was calling unless they were afterwards put up and shot. They 

 were far less common than the Bustard Quail, and presumably the 

 females cannot meet as often as the hens of that species do, but, 

 when they do come across one another, they fight just as freely. 

 Two hens were once brought to me in camp, in a little split 

 bamboo basket, and the two continued to fight at intervals all day 

 until I eventually released them, one on either side of my hut, 

 whence they boomed defiance at one another until sunset. 



(To he continued.^ 



