( 150 ) 
throat white ; neck and breast black with double sets of white spots. Back, 
rump and tail coverts cross-barred black and white. A rich chestnut patch on 
the closed wing ; wing quills dark brown barred, on both webs rufous. Black 
tail, barred white at the base. Belly and sides black with double sets ol large 
pale rufous spots. 
Female—head similar to male, but the dark bands are brown, and the white 
parts are tinged with buff. Wings and lower plumage barred with black an 
bufE instead of being spotted. Back and rump blackish, mottled with bull and 
barred with white and pale buff. Length, 13 inches ; wing, 5* inches ; tail, 
3 inches ; legs, orange ; irides, reddish hazel; bill, blackish, v eight 14 oz. 
Found in dry open forest and scrub jungle in hilly or undulating country, 
singly or in pairs. 
THE GREY PARTRIDGE. 
Ortygornis Pondieerinus. Native names : Teetur, Ram teetur, Gora teetur , 
Sufaid teetur, Hind,; Khyr, Beng.: Gowjul Dooki, Canarese ; Kondart, lam.; 
Kuwunzu , Tel. 
Habitat, —Practically the whole of India, 
