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Length of life in captivity. 



Although there is no record, quails have generally done well in 

 this garden. 



(345) THE CROWNED PARTRIDGE. 



(ROLLULUS CfEISTATUS— (ff«ie?.) ) 



Description. — Head, neck and its sides black ; hare area around the 

 eye, and a longitudinal space behind it, red ; a red crest of loose plumes 

 on the head ; colour of the plumage above greenish ; underneath 

 black ; wings brown ; legs and feet red ; basal portion of the bill also 

 red, rest of the bill black. The sexes differ ; the female has no crest : 

 the general colour of the plumage grass green. 



Hab. — Southern Tenasserim, Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and probably Java. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Upwards of seven years. 



(346) THE BLACK ROLLULUS. 



(ROLLULUS NIGEB-(ZV»m».) ) 



Description. — Entirely black, with a red crest. 

 Hab. — Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



(347) THE CALIFORNIAN QUAIL. 



(CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA— (Shaw.) ) 



In size it is much larger than any of the quails described above ; 

 its head is ornamented with a crest. 

 Hab. — California. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Specimens have lived for over five years. 



(348) THE CHUKAR PARTRIDGE. 



(CACCABIS CHUKAR— (Gray.) ) 

 Hindi — Chuhor. Bengali — Chakor. 

 Though well known by name as a bird mentioned in the classical 

 literature of India, its identity is not generally familiar in Bengal. 



Description. — General colour of the plumage above pale bluish 

 ashy, washed with rufous ; neck and breast ashy, passing into bun 

 in the abdomen ; lores black, a slight white band behind the eye ; face, 

 chin, and throat light fulvous ; a necklace of black band, commencing 

 at the corner of the eye, surrounds the throat ; wings reddish ; the 



