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Jerdon says, “ It breeds during the monsoon, lays six or seven eggs 
of a smoky bluish-white colour, of an oval form, much depressed at 
the thick end.” 
Subgenus FrRANCOLINUS. 
FRANCOLINUS PONTICERIANUS. Common PartrinGe of India. 
This Partridge is found amongst bushes and underwood, but is 
particularly fond of thick grassy hedges round garden plantations. 
It is found either singly or in pairs. The Grey Partridge breeds 
during the months of February and March, laying its eggs, seven in 
number, in grassy spots, hedgerows, and amongst bushes. The egg 
is of a rich stone colour, 1 inch and 5,ths in length, by 1 inch 
and 5th in width, but they vary considerably in colour and size. 
This Partridge is by no means a shy bird, but, on the contrary, 
appears to prefer fields and gardens near towns and villages to less 
frequented spots. By some it is called the Scavenger Partridge, 
but I believe there are no grounds for such a term being applied to 
it; its flesh is very fair eating. The crop of one which I shot was 
full of bajocce and small seeds. 
FRANCOLINUS SPADICEUS. SPUR-FOWL. 
I procured a specimen of the Spur-fowl on the Ghauts at Khan- 
dalla. It was flushed in a garden, and betook itself to a tree in 
which I shot it. Its gizzard contained a quantity of earth, some 
small stones, and small brown seeds. I was informed by a Shikarie 
that they breed in the months of February and March in thick 
jungles, making their nests on the ground or in thick close bushes, 
and laying three white eggs. 
Subgenus Corurnrx. 
I herewith forward an egg, in itself a bad specimen, but the only 
one I was able to procure, and which I believe to belong either to 
C. dactylisonans, the large grey Quail, or to C. tewtilis (Temm.). 
I believe the egg to be that of the latter, as if C. dactylisonans be 
identical with the English Quail, the egg should be of a yellowish or 
dull orange-coloured white, blotched or speckled with umber-brown, 
whereas the egg now sent is of uniform buff, merely spotted and 
discoloured by a long exposure to wet. 
Corurnix Arcoonpag (Sykes). Rock Quart. 
This pretty little Quail, as its name implies, is an inhabitant of 
stony hills and bushy sides of streams and nullahs. It lives in 
bevies, and is to be met with in company with the grey and black- 
breasted Quail. The Rock Quail breeds generally during the months 
of November and December, but I have had its eggs brought to me 
as late as March, and have procured a young bird well fledged as 
early as 20th November. It does not, I believe, lay more than four 
eggs, as on three different occasions I have had that number brought 
to me, and on a fourth, four young ones just fledged were brought 
