Et en 
TN ne eS ee iD 
——_ =. 
ee eee 
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Usually seen in coveys of up to a anear birds, in neavily 
eérassed forest country, and occasionally in open country 
in‘the vicinity of swamps and lagoons.’ They rarely flush 
until sue walked on, asca rule the covey rises as one 
‘Gata maces to all sdants of the compass, each landzpyy 
ing 
again within a radius of clea hae ' 
di?ficult of 8 hundred yards; it is very Maeax 
to flush any one of them a sccond time. I have oft.n seen 
The call is a fairly loud, plaintive, two néte whistle. 
Tuum-wheeee, repeated at coe Mee eee heard at 
daybreak, and late in the afternoon; occasionally heard . 
through the day during dull wet weather, 
I have frequently heard and seen them énithaveamétincality 
ttreuy ip haye often 
: < ey, On ” N 
and heard them in the same locality,for arene a, 
