CONTENTS. 



Popular Name. 





Scientific Name. Page. 



The Snow Partridge ... 



• . . 



Lerwa nivicola 



I 



The Black Partridge or Common 







Francolin 



• . . 



Francolinus vulgaris 



9 



The Painted Partridge or Southern 







Francolin 



... 



Francolinus pictus ... 



l 9 



The Eastern or Chinese Francolin 



Francolinus chinensis 1 



27 



The Chukor ... 



• • • 



Caccabis chukor 



33 



The Seesee ... 



. • 



Ammoperdix bonha- 









mi 



45 



The Grey Partridge ... 



... 



Qrtygornis pondice- 









rianus 2 



51 



The Kyah or Swamp Partridge ... 



Ortygornis gularis ... 



59 



The Tibetan Partridge 



. • • 



Perdix hodgsoniae ... 



65 



The Common Hill Partridge 



... 



Arboricola torqueolus 3 



69 



The Rufous-Throated Hill 



Par- 







tridge 



... 



Arboricola rufogularis 



75 



The Black-Throated Hill 



Par- 







tridge 



. . . 



Arboricola atrogularis 



79 



The Bhutan Hill Partridge 



. . . 



Arboricola mandellii 



83 



The Aracan Hill Partridge 



••• 



Arboricola interme- 









dius 4 



85 



The Brown-Breasted Hill 



Par- 







tridge 



• . « 



Arboricola brunneo- 









pectus 



87 



The Green-Legged Wood Partridge Arboricola chloropus 



91 



The Malayan Wood Partridge ... 



Arboricola charltoni 5 



93 



The Western Bamboo Partridge... 



Bambusicola fytchii 6 



97 



The Ferruginous Wood Partridge 



Caloperdix oculeus 7 ... 



IOI 



The Red-Crested Wood-Quail 



Rollulus roulroul 



103 



The Mountain Quail ... 





Ophrysia supercilio- 









sa 8 



105 



The Jungle Bush Quail 



... 



Perdicula asiatica 9 ... 



109 



The Rock Bush Quail ... 



. . . 



Perdicula argoondah ' ° 



117 



The Painted Bush Quail 



... 



Microperdix erythro- 









rhynchus ' l 



123 



I . Wrongly phayrii on Plate. 



7. Wrongly ccculea on Plate. 





2. ,, ponticerriana on Plate. 



8. 



,, Malacortyx superciliaris on 



3. ,, torqueola on Plate. 





Plate. 





4. ,, intermedia on Plate. 



9- 



,, cambaiensis on Plate. 





5. ,, Perdix on Plate. 



10. 



,, asiatica on Plate. 





6. ,, Bambisicola on Plate. 



II. 



„ Perdicula erythrohyncha on 







Plate. 





