Il6 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



It has the crown olive-brown with black streaks ^ 

 and the eyebrows and face white, mostly speckled 

 with black. The throat is chestnut with black 

 spots, and below this is a band of plain chestnut^, 

 generally divided from the grey breast by a black 

 band. The pure grey of the breast and the ab- 

 sence of black bars on the back will distinguish 

 this bird from the hen of the Common Hill-Par- 

 tridge. 



The beak is black, the skin round the eyes dull 

 dark-red, and the legs red. 



This also is a Himalayan bird, ranging from 

 Kumaun to the Daphla hills, but inhabiting lower 

 elevations than the Common Hill-Partridge, since 

 it is found from the foot of the hills to 6,000 feet 

 only. It is also found in the Karennee and Ten- 

 asserim hills, and specimens from these localities 

 are usually without the black band dividing the 

 red neck from the grey breast. Four eggs of a 

 dirty white colour were taken below Darjeeling^ 

 early in July. 



The Arrakan Hill-Partridge. 



Arboricola intermedia, Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, Vol. IV, p. 127. 



Native name : — Toung-kha, Burmese. 



This is hardly a distinct species, merely differing 

 from the last in having the throat entirely black 

 instead of being only spotted with that colour. 

 It agrees with the eastern variety of Blyth's Hili- 

 Partridge in having no black band across the chest. 



