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Description .—Sexes alike ; the male larger than the female. Forehead 
chestnut-ground brown, rufous band over the eye, cheeks rufous, chin and 
throat buff surrounded by a black band or series of spots. Sides of neck barred 
black and white. Upper plumage and closed wings, tail coverts and middle tail 
feathers brown dashed with chestnut and barred pale buff. First ten wing 
quills brown, mottled grey towards the base. Tail feathers chestnut and black 
tipped with buff. Lower plumage pale buff delicately pencilled with black. 
Length of male, 13 inches ; wing, 6 inches ; tail, 3| inches ; legs, bright red ; 
irides, dark, brown ; bill, blackish. Weight, 12 oz. It frequents bush jungle and 
cultivated lands, associates in coveys, rises with a loud whir, flies strongly. 
THE SWAMP PARTRIDGE. 
Ortygornis Gularis. Native names : Kyah, Kyr, Beng.; Bun teetur, Jungli 
teetur. Hind. ; Koera , Koi, Assam ; Bhil teetur , Cachar. 
Habitat. —Throughout the country between the base of the Himalayas to the 
Ganges, from Rohilkund to the Sunderbuns, Eastern Bengal, Assam, Oachar 
and Tipperah. 
Description .—Sexes alike ; male larger than female. Brown crown, buff 
band round the eye ; chin, throat, cheeks and sides of neck, chestnut. Whole 
