Ammoperdix bonhami, G. B. Gray. 



Vernacular Nam©S.— [Seesee or Sisi, Punjab, Sind ; Tihu, Persia. ] 



THINK that the Chenab indicates about the eastern 

 limits of the Seesee. Westwards of this, I know that 

 it is found in the Khariar or Palli Hills, which are 

 east of the Jhelum and just north of Chillianwalla. 

 Whether northward it extends to the Bimbur Hills, I 

 have failed to ascertain. West of the Jhelum, it is 

 found throughout the Salt Range and the tract of 

 country north of these known as Potwar, in all the low hills 

 of the far North-West about Attock, Shabkadar, Mardan, and 

 close to the western bank of the Indus, a little below Turbela. 

 Eastward of this, it is found in the Hazara district, where it is not 

 plentiful, and where it is chiefly confined to the dry tract south of 

 Tanawal and the Gundgarh Range. I have neither seen nor 

 heard of its occurrence anywhere eastwards of this along the 

 bases of the Himalayas. Southwards from Attock, it is found 

 throughout the Trans-Indus Hills of the Punjab and Sind, 

 and the many rocky ranges that, under various names, run down 

 from the Khaibar Pass to the Hab River and divide these two pro- 

 vinces from Afghanistan and Beluchistan. I am not aware at 

 present of its occurring anywhere east of the Indus south of the 

 Shahpur District, but it is quite possible that it does 



Gould talks of a specimen having been brought from Tibet, 

 but this is clearly a mistake. 



Outside our limits, it abounds in suitable localities in Afghanis- 

 tan, Khelat, Beluchistan and Persia, from sea level to an 

 elevation of 6,000 or 7,000 feet. How far, if at all, it extends 

 north of Afghanistan and Persia, is unknown. Severtsov at 

 one time stated on hearsay that it occurred in Western Turkestan, 

 but later expressed his disbelief of the fact. 



Possibly it may occur in Eastern Arabia, for I retain a vague 

 impression of having been told at Muscat of its occurrence there. 



This pretty little species is very common and tame in 

 the Salt Range ; a couple of dozen may be seen in a morning's 



