96 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. * 



The Seesee. 



Ammoperdix bonhami, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, Vol. IV, p. 133. 



Native names : — Sisi, Punjab and Sind ; 

 Tihu, Persian. 



This is a short-tailed little desert partridge, with 

 plumage beautifully adapted for concealing it 

 in its natural haunts. The cock and hen differed 

 somewhat in colour, but neither has any spurs. 



The cock is of a grizzled sandy hue above 

 with a grey head and fore-neck, and the under- 

 parts below this pinky buff. There is a black 

 streak along each side of the head with a white 

 one under it, and the flanks are streaked with 

 black and chestnut. 



The hen has no black and white markings on 

 the head nor chestnut on the flanks ; the lower 

 plumage is barred with brown and buff. 



The bin is orange, the eyes yellow or brown, 

 and the legs yellow. The cock, which is rather 

 larger than the hen, is ten inches long, with a 

 wing of five-and-a-half. 



The Seesee inhabits hilly deserts, avoiding cover, 

 though it may be found on , grassy slopes. In 

 India it inhabits the Salt Range and Khariar 

 Hills in the Punjab, Hazara, and all the Sind and 

 Punjab ranges west of the Indus. It is also found 

 in Baluchistan, Afghanistan and Persia ; and has 

 been reported from Aden. 



It has a soft clear double note, recalling its 

 name ; and is not usually gregarious, though small 

 coveys may be found in winter. 



