250 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inJutbiling KacJih. [No. 3, 



white. This partridge is extremely common throughout the country, it is 

 quite a homely bird and often enters houses. It invariably roosts on trees, 

 particularly on the Kundu, two or three generally sitting together on a 

 branch between a thick cover of foliage. It generally goes to roost shortly 

 after sunset. 



827. Perdicttla asiatica. Not common. 



All the feathers of the upper plumage have in the male one, or generally 

 two, tawny spots along the shafts, bordered with dark. 



829. CottikjSTs: communis. Local. 



832. Tuenix taigoor. I have seen and shot this quail only on two 

 occasions, they were solitary males. 



836. Ettpodotis edwaedsii. Not common. (The bustard of Europeans). 



837. Hotjbaea Macqtjeeisti. Common, and though generally distri- 

 buted, it is most abundant in the eastern and southern portions of Kachh. 



839. Stpheotides atteitus. The florican is not found during the 

 winter, but is very abundant during the rains. 



Spoils. Cursoritjs Jamesoni, Jerdon, ? = gallictts. Very common. 



Wing 6-3 to 6-75, tad 2-4 to 27, tarsus 2'1 to 2-3, bill at front 0"8 to 

 1 inch. In the young the whole of the upper plumage isisabelline, crossed 

 by somewhat undulating dark lines or narrow bands, and the black whig 

 feathers are margined towards the tips with pale ; the lower plumage is 

 generally albescent throughout, pale isabelline on breast and with a few 

 brown cross lines. The first change is indicated by the appearance of the 

 white occipital band, then comes the ashy on the occiput, then the lower 

 black band from behind the eye, and at last the cross black band, separating 

 the ashy from the white on the hind occiput. As this gradual change in 

 the occipital bands takes place, the brown lines on the other plumage are 

 gradually disappearing, and young birds shot in January still had them on 

 the wing coverts and on the vent, but somewhat later every trace of the 

 brown lines disappeared, and in the adult the isabelline plumage has a 

 conspicuous rufescent tinge on forehead, hind neck, scapulars and on the 

 upper side of the tail. 



I have no specimen of the European bird to compare, but as far as I 

 remember it from having often seen it in former years in Southern Hungary, 

 it strikes me that the flight and the habits of O. gallicus are somewhat 

 different. The Indian bird appears to be more solitary, its flight seems to 

 be slightly heavier, and the voice more shrill. 



849. JEgiaeites cukoxicus. Common. 



Gray (Handl., Ill, 15) gives euronicus, Besck, as synonym of jluvia- 

 ' tills, but quotes PMlippinus, Lath., from India. 



852. Chettusia ? gregaeia. Very common in open country, and 

 often seen with Cursorius. 



