Indian Birds 
everywhere narrow bars of white or grey. The 
sides of the head are white, and there is a 
broad chestnut collar all round the neck. 
The hen is reddish brown in most places 
where the cock is black. 
Its cry is a curious harsh crow, so high- 
pitched as to be inaudible to some human 
beings. Indian Muhammedans declare that 
the bird calls “‘ Sub-han, teri kudrat.” Blanford 
syllabises it as, “‘ Fuk-juk, tee-tee-tur.” 
It is found in N. India, most abundantly in 
the U. P. (Illus. I. G. II., p. 9.) 
173. Francolinus pondicerianus: The Grey 
Partridge. (F. 1375), (J. 822), (+III.) 
A greyish-brown bird marked all over with 
thin white or buff cross bars. 
The loud call of this bird must be familiar to 
most Anglo-Indians. It is uttered early in 
the morning and again at sunset. Blanford 
describes it as “‘ beginning with two or three 
single harsh notes, and continuing with a 
succession of trisyllabic, shrill, ringing cries.” 
Jerdon says of this species: “Its call is a 
peculiar loud shrill cry, and has, not unaptly, 
been compared to the word Pateela-pateela- 
pateela, quickly repeated, but preceded by a 
single note uttered two or three times, each 
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