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with black oval spots; wing shafts white. Lower plumage chestnut; breast 
fringed with pinkish grey ; each feather on the sides has a large oval black 
patch fringed with white. 
Female—closely resembles the male except in the head, which has no white 
band across the crown or black on the forehead ; lower plumage lighter and 
the breast very sparsely spotted. . 
Length, 7 inches; wing, inches; tail, H inch; legs, red; mdes, 
brown ; bill, red. Weight, 3 oz. 
BLEWITT’S BUSH-QUAIL. 
Microperdix Blewittii. Native name, Sir si Lowa f Central India, Mandla, 
Balaghat, Chota Nagpore and Chanda. 
Habitat:— The Central Provinces and Chota Nagpore. 
Description. —Male —it very closely resembles the Painted Bush-Quail, the 
male differing in having a white band across the crown, broader than the black 
band on the forehead, while the female has no white or black band on crown or 
forehead. It associates in coveys up to a dozen or more, and rises with very 
little noise. . . , _ . ., . 
Length, inches ; wing, 3^ ins.; tail, 1^ m.; legs, red , lrides, brown , 
bill, red. Weight, 2{ oz. 
