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Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 
[Ibis, 
apex. The others are very sparsely marked. They measure 
1*52 X 1-21, 1-58 x 1-20,1-60x1*22, and 1*66 x 1*20 in. The 
man who brought me these eggs said that sometimes as 
many as twenty eggs were found in one nest. 
193. Perdix daurica Pall. 
Perdix barbata D. & 0. p. 392. 
The Mongolian or Bearded Partridge is very common on 
the hills of north-eastern Chihli. It occurs also in good 
numbers on the hills, near Chinwangtao, and the market is 
fairly well supplied with them during the season. 
I found this Partridge common in February 1890 in the 
mountains of the Liautung Peninsula. 
194. Turnix blanfordi Blyth. 
Turnix maculatus D. &. O. p. 398. 
Turnix blanfordi La T. p. 579. 
Blanfordi Button Quail is a very common migrant in 
north-east Chihli. It passes Chinwangtao from about the 
middle of May to about the 7th of June, and from the last 
week in August to well on into October. I have no doubt 
that it breeds here. A live female example given to me by 
Mr. A. L. Hall in October 1915 constantly uttered a cry 
which might be syllabled as “ krek.” During March it 
began to utter what is presumably the breeding call. The 
bird began by making a low sound which exactly resembled 
the deep, but very distant hoot of a steamer's whistle. 
After this there was a short pause, then another low hoot 
with the same ventriloquistic effect, but a little louder, 
after which another pause, and the same sound was uttered 
again; after the fifth call or so it developed into a weird 
moan. The calls were repeated at short intervals, the three 
or four last being heartrending, very humanlike moans; 
these increased in intensity, and were altogether about 
eight or nine in number; the bird as it made these sounds 
bowed its head and slightly depressed its wings. The calling 
of this bird became very frequent during the first half of 
May, and on the 14tli, noticing that it was calling more 
than usual, I went to find out what was the matter, and I 
