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der of the chin, cheeks and throat pale buff ; sides of the body banded with grey 
black and chestnut; first ten wing quills buff on the outer web ; breast grey 
with rufous on the sides ; lower plumage, bright buff. Length 14J inches ; 
wing, 6J inches; tail, 4 inches; legs, red ; irides, brown or orange; bill, deep 
red. Weight, 27 oz. 
A very noisy bird associating in coveys, partial to dry stony ground or 
grassy hill-sides. 
THE SEESEE PARTRIDGE. 
Ammoperdix bonhami. Native names: Scesee, Hind., Punjab and Sind. 
Habitat .—Punjab and Sind. 
Description. —Male—black forehead and eye streak, a white streak before 
and behind the eye. Crown, head, ears, cheeks, chin and throat grey with a 
buff patch behind the ear. Sides of neck barred grey and buffish wdiite. Upper 
plumage, wing coverts and tail, sandy buff, with black spots on the rump; wing 
quills brown with light buff on the outer web. Middle tail feathers mottled 
rufous and brown, the others chestnut. Lower plumage, pinkish buff; belly 
and thighs and under tail feathers almost white. Sides broadly striped black 
and chestnut. 
