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GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



O. 6. Throat chestnut, breast bar- 

 red black and white, quills 

 spotted with buff on both 

 webs. 



O. 7. Head black-and-white, sides 

 with black white- edged 

 spots. 



O. 8. As above, but plumage greyer 

 and less black on face. 



O. 9. Slate mottled with black 

 above, mottled black and 

 buff below. 



O. 10. As above, but only pencilled 

 with black above, less 

 buff below. 



P. Quail with well-developed tail 

 three inches long ; plumage 

 grey with black streaks. 



Like large plain-brown partridge, 

 but with large well-developed 

 hind-toe, all nails very long. 



Quail-like birds with three toes only . . 

 Breast barred with black, legs 

 blue-grey. 



Breast buff, black-Spotted at 

 sides, legs yellow. 



As above, but more black on 

 back. 



As 2, but with more black and 

 reddish on back. 



Very small, breast buff, black- 

 spotted on sides, tail notice- 

 ably pointed, legs white or 

 bluish- grey. 



Shanks short, feathered throughout, 

 hind toe very small or wanting, 

 wings long. 



A. Toes naked, hind-toe present, 

 centretail-feathers long and 

 pointed. 



Rock Bush-Quail (p. 141 ). 



Painted Bush- Qu a i I 

 (p. 142). 



Blewitt's Bush- Qu ail 



(P- 143). 

 Hume's Bush- Qu a i t 



(p. 143). 



Inglis's Bush- Qu ail 

 (P- 145)- 



Mountain Quail (p. 145). 



NiCOBAR Megapode 

 (p. 152). 



Button- Quails. 

 Blue-legged Button-Quail 



(P- 156). 

 Yellow-legged Button- 

 Quail (p. 157). 



Burmese Yellow-legged 

 Button-Quail (p. 158). 



Nicobar Yellow-l egged 

 Button-Quail (p. 159). 



Little Button-Quail 

 (P- 159). 



Sand-grouse (p. 162). 



A. 



Sandy above, belly chocolate, 

 black breast-band. 



Common Pin-tailed Sand- 

 grouse (p. 164). 



