no GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



brow a white streak covers the side of the face, 

 the throat also being white. The lower back is 

 black with close narrow white bars ; under the tail 

 is a chestnut patch, and the shoulder-feathers and 

 innermost wing — quills are edged with chestnut 

 and have the spots buff. 



The hen is brown above, with a pale mottling ; 

 the lower back is barred with buff and brown ; the 

 chin and throat dirty white, and the luider- 

 parts below this buff barred with dark brown, 

 and plain chestnut under the tail. On the head 

 the eyebrows and cheek-stripes are brown and 

 the light band buff. 



The beak is dark brown, eyes light hazel, and 

 legs orange. 



This Francolin is found, in our Indian empire, 

 only in certain parts of Burma and in Karennee. 

 It is common in certain localities, north of Prome, 

 in the Irrawaddy valley, and has also been ob- 

 tained in Toungoo and the Thoungyen valley. 

 ■Outside Burma it inhabits South China, Cochin 

 •China and Siam. Its general habits resemble 

 those of the two previous species ; it haunts forest 

 clearings and waste land, and is also found in 

 bamboo jungle. In Burma it breeds in June and 

 July ; as many as eight eggs may be laid, and 

 they are pale buff in colour. 



Large-billed Francolin. 



Rhizothera longirostris, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, 

 Vol. XXII, p. 183. 



This peculiar Partridge, which ranges from the south of the 

 Malay Peninsula to Borneo, is at once recognisable by its large 

 bill, which is big enough for a Peacock, though the "bird is 6f 



