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It is usually found solitary, in pairs, or at most three pairs together. Length, 
10| inches ; wing, 7 inches; tail, 3 inches ; legs, yellow ; irides, brown; bill, 
brown. Weight, 8 oz. 
THE BUSTARD QUAIL. 
Turnix Pugnax. Native names : Rulu , Gundlu , Hind; Pured (female), 
Koladu (male), Tel.; Kurung-kadeh (female), au-kadeh (male), Tam ; Kare 
haki y Canarese ; Tiniok y Bhotan ; Ngon y Burmese. 
Babitat —Throughout the Indian Peninsula (except Sind), from Nepal to 
Travancore, through Burma to Tennasserim. 
Description. —Male—upper plumage, rufous, black and buff; chin and 
throat, whitish ; lower plumage, buff; foie neck and breast strongly barred black. 
Female—resembles male, but has the whole chin, throat and fore neck 
black. Length, inches ; wing, 3J- inches ; tail, 1 inch. Legs, bluish ; irides 
whitish; bill, lead colour. Weight, 2J- oz. It frequents open country and 
the outskirts of forests, scrub and waste lands. It occurs singly or in pairs. 
Rises when almost trodden on, disappears into cover after a short flight; use¬ 
less to try and flush it again. Female has a low note ; the male is silent. 
