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Belly white, sides grey, each feather having an oval white spot with chestnut 
margin. Upper plumage, wings and tail olive brown, the feathers being mar¬ 
gined with black. 
Female—differs from the male chiefly in the head and neck, the crown 
being olive brown, streaked with black with a pale rufous eye streak. Throat 
rufous, streaked with black, followed by a chestnut collar. 
Length, 11 inches ; wings, 6 inches ; tail, 2\ inches ; legs, pinkish grey ; 
irides, brown ; bill, blackish. Weight, 13J oz. 
They frequent dense cover and associate in coveys of about half a dozen, 
preferring water-courses and ravines like all hill partridges. They fly swiftly 
and low, and afford difficult shots. 
BLYTH’S HILL-PARTRIDGE. 
Arboricola Pufigularis. Native names : Peora , Kumaon; Kohumbut-pho, 
Lepcha ; Lakom , Bhutan ; Pokkhu , Daphla Hills. 
Habitat —Lower ranges of the Himalayas to the Daphla Hills. 
Description.—Sexes alike. Crown brown, spotted with black, grey band 
over the eye, speckled black; throat, sides of the head and neck chestnut, spot¬ 
ted black. Upper plumage, wings and tail olive brown, rump and tail 
