lOO GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



is said to be well imitated by the Mahratta name 

 kokatri, being a kind of crow ; the general note is 

 a harsh cackle. It breeds between February and 

 June, and possibly again towards the end of the 

 year ; three to seven eggs are laid, of a buff or 

 greyish colour. It is good eating in the cold 

 weather, but requires hanging for a few days. 



The Psiintedl Spur-fowl. 



Galloperdix lunulata. Faun. Brit. Ind.,. 

 Birds, Vol. IV, p. io8. 



Native names : — Kaingir, Uriya ; A skal,. 

 Oiissa and Singbhum ; Hutka, Gond in 

 Chamba ; Kul-koU, Tamil ; Jitta-kodi,. 

 Telugu. 



This bird is slightly smaller than the last, the 

 male being little over a foot in length ; it also 

 shows very little red round the eye. Its colour,, 

 however, makes it easily distinguishable from any 

 other partridge like bird. The general hue is 

 chestnut, with white black-edged spots ; the head 

 is speckled with black and white, the crown being 

 glossed with green ; the shoulders are also dark, 

 glossy green, and the tail is green-black, and the 

 breast buff with black spots. 



The hen is of a uniform sooty brown, with the 

 head mostly chestnut. The bill and feet are dusky 

 in both sexes, not red as in the other species. 



This beautifully-marked bird especially affects 

 rocky hills, and is somewhat locally distributed. 

 It appears not to occur at all on the Malabar coast, 

 nor in North-Western India, nor is it found in the 



