454 Itinerary in the district of Amherst, Tenasserim. [No. 5. 



Spec. Female. February 8th, 1S59. Thalaya on the Zummee river. 



Dimensions. Length llf". Wing 5 J". Tail 2f . Bill f". Tarsus 1||. 

 M. toe IF. 



Details. Typical, but, taking a. torqueola. as the type, bill slen- 

 derer and claws less lengthened. 



Color. M. and F. Iris hazel, lids red, orbital skin blackish. Bill 

 dull orange red, dark on culraen, yellowish at tip. Legs and claws 

 greenish yellow. Crown, back of neck, and all upper parts, passing 

 round breast, full olive-brown, barred rather largely black. — Wings 

 the same, but on ternals and great coverts the pattern confused, 

 larger, ground color paler, and ashy marblings in interspaces. 

 Secondaries reddish fulvous, mottled darker, and primaries dusky 

 espia, margined rufous. A few rufous bars on tail, at end and laterally. 

 Auriculars brown. Best of head including frontals, chin and throat, 

 and a superciliary stripe which extends on each side hind-neck, 

 white spotted black. Fore-neck orange rusty, spotted black; lower 

 breast and belly orange rusty, candesciug descending, with semicir- 

 cular and arrow-headed parallel bars along the flanks. Lower belly 

 and vent whitish : with broad centeriug of sepia to the feathers on 

 sides crossed with brown bars. Femorals mottled brown. 

 * This is the second new species of wood Partridge I have been 

 fortunate enough to discover in Tenasserim. (The first was sent to 

 the museum As. Soc. in 1855 as Arboricola. brttkneopectus.) 

 It appears tolerably numerous : but as far as my observations go, is 

 entirely confined to the forests on the banks of the Zummee river. 

 Unlike its known congeners, it avoids mountains, and inhabits low 

 though not humid jungles, where the ground merely undulates or 

 rises into hillocks. Like the rest of its tribe, it is difficult to flush, 

 and runs with great rapidity, jumping adroitly over obstacles, 

 and diving into impenetrable thickets for security. Early in the 

 mornings these birds come out on the pathway, scratching about 

 amongst the Elephants' dung, and turning over the dead leaves, 

 for insects. They do not appear to have any crow or call, though 

 durin^ the pairing season this may not be the case. The Karens 

 did not even know the bird : but this is no proof of its rarity, 

 for these people pay no attention to the living products of their 

 forests. 



