126 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



Black Wood-Partridge. 



Melanoperdix nigra, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 227. 



This partridge bears a general resemblance to the last but 

 has no crest or bristles on the head, and a. very thick biU. The 

 ■colour is very different, the cock being all black, and the hen 

 chestnut, variegated with black. It ranges from the Wellesley 

 Province to Borneo. 



