190 Ornithological Notes, chiefly on some birds [No. 3, 



819. P. pictUS, Jard. and Selby. 



For relative geographical distribution, see J. A. S. B. for 1867, 

 p. 200. I have since been assured by Captain St. John, that he has 

 shot F. vulgaris close to Khandalla. I cannot help thinking he must 

 be mistaken, though I believe he knows the two forms well. 



In the Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, Vol. II, p. 216, 

 Captain McMurdo asserts that there is a third partridge inhabiting the 

 Wagur district of Cutch, distinct from both the painted and black par- 

 tridges, but resembling the former. What can this be ? Dr. Adams 

 says the bird in the hills below Kashmir, differs from that in the plains. 

 Lieutenant St. John assures me, that the Persian black partridge 

 differs from the Indian. Are the two species confused under F. vul- 

 garis ? 



828. Perdicula erythrorhyncha, Sykes. This bird has 



the habits of a Perdicula and not of a quail. Its range is wider 

 than stated by Jerdon, I shot it to my surprise in high jungle between 

 Chanda and Sironcha. I also obtained it at Khandalla close to Col. 

 Sykes's locality. 



Family Turnicid^;. 

 I only shot one species near Chanda and Nagpur, Turnix taigoor, 

 Sykes. 



Order GBALLATORES. 

 Family Charadriid^:. 



841. Rhinoptilus bitorquatUS, Jerdon. I mentioned 

 my having seen this bird near Sironcha in the Ibis for 1867, p. 462. 

 I did not obtain a specimen. The locality was in very wild open 

 forest jungle about 15 miles east of Sironcha. 



852. ChettUSia gregaria, Pallas. I killed a specimen about 

 40 miles south of Nagpur. I also saw this bird, or another species of 

 Chettusia, near Nagpur. 



859. CEdicnemuS Crepitans, Temm. I have seen this 

 bird in considerable numbers in Upper Burma, near Pagan. Jerdon 

 does not mention its occurrence east of the Bay of Bengal. I think 

 there must be a Burmese specimen in the British Museum from my 

 collections, but I am not sure. It probably does not occur in Lower 

 Pegu, in Arracan, or in the Malay peninsula. 



