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Paoe. 



breasted Hill-Partridge — Fire-necked Hill-Partridge — 

 Formosan Hill-Partridge — Sonnerat's Hill-Partridge — 

 Javan Hill-Partridge^Red-billed Hill-Partridge — Trea- 

 cher's Hill-Partridge — Whitehead's Hill-Partridge — 

 Horsfteld's Hill-Partridge — Sumatran Hill-Partridge — 

 Roll's Hill-Partridge — Henry's Hill-Partridge — Camp- 

 bell's Hill-Partridge — Green-legged Hill-Partridge — 

 Charlton's Hill-Partridge — Chestnut Wood-Partridge — 

 Red -crested Partridge — Black Wood-Partridge ,. 112 



CHAPTER IX. 



Quails — Their characteristics and groups — Common 

 Quail — Japanese Quail — Rain-quail — Painted Quail — 

 Jungle Bush -quail — Rock Bush-quail — Painted Bush- 

 quail — Blewitt's Bush-quail — Hume's Bush-quail — 

 Inglis's Bush-quail — Mountain-quail — The True Grouse 

 — Their Characteristics — Blackgame — Caucasian Black- 

 game — Capercailzie- — Black -billed Capercailzie — Spruce- 

 grouse — Hasel-grouse — Mongolian Hazel-grouse — Wil- 

 low-grouse — Rock-ptarmigan .. .. ..127 



CHAPTER X. 



Megapodes — The Nicobar Megapode — Cuming's Mega- 

 pode — Sanghir Megapode — Bernstein's Megapode — 

 Maleo — Button-quails — Their Characteristics — Blue- 

 legged Button-quail — Yellow-legged Button-quail 

 — Burmese Yellow-legged Button-quail — Nicobar Yel- 

 low-legged Button-quail — White-legged or Little But- 

 ton-quail — Philippine Button-quail— Celebean Button- 

 quail — Whitehead's Button-quail — Chestnut-breasted Bui- 

 ton-quail .. .. ■■ ..152 



CHAPTER XL 



Sand-Grouse — Their Characteristics — Common Pin-tailed 

 Sand-grouse — Spotted Pin-taUed Sand-grouse — Large 

 Pin-tailed Sand-grouse — Black-bellied Sand-grouse — 

 Coronetted Sand-grouse — Painted Sand-grouse — Close- 

 barred Sand-grouse — Tibetan Three-toed Sand-grouse 

 —Piflffts's Three-tqed Sund-^rouse .. ., i6» 



