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to distinguish it from any other species, the Spur- 

 fowl, which also have longish tails, showing some 

 bare skin about the eye. 



The Bamboo Partridge aiiects forest and high 

 grass, and ranges through a considerable portion 

 of the eastern hill tracts, from the Assam hUls 

 south of the Brahmaputra, through Manipur, to 

 the Kachyeng hills between Upper Burma and 

 Yunnan. It is shy and has a loud harsh call. 

 .'\lthough the time — May and June — of breeding 

 appears to be known, the eggs are as yet desiderata. 



Chinese Bamboo Partridge. 



Bambusicolathoracica, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 258. 



This species, confined to South China, is mottled above with 

 brown, chestnut, and buff ; the face, throat and tail are chestnut ; 

 the eyebrows and chest grey, and the rest of the under-parts 

 buff spotted with black at the sides. 



Formosan Bamboo Partridge. 



Bambusicola sonorivox, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. 

 XXII, p. 258. 



This, the Formosan representative of the last species, differs 

 by having the sides of the face grey as well as the eyebrows, and 

 being darker generally. Its eggs are light brown in colour. 



The various Hill-Partridges (Arboricola) form 

 an easUy recognizable group of short-tailed birds 

 with rather long spurless shanks, and particularly 

 long, nearly-straight daws. The sexes are usually 

 alike, and "they inhabit hill forests, keeping very 

 close to cover, and occasion.illy perching. They, 

 are seldom if ever seen, and little is known about 

 their breeding, except that they lay half-a-dozen 



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