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THE ARACAN HILL PARTRIDGE. 



As already noticed, it is really only by this black patch that 

 the present species is distinguished from the Tenasserim race of 

 the Rufous-throated Hill Partridge. Now, in both this race 

 and the Himalayan one, specimens occur in which the black 

 spots on the throat are large and almost coalesce in some places ; 

 and in our present species, the black throat patch is at times 

 small and dotted with pale ferruginous, showing that it is 

 nothing but coalesced spots, and I am inclined to think that 

 those who do not separate the Tenasserim race should equally 

 refuse to separate the present one. 



