universally want* the black line (so strongly marked in the
Himalayan birds) dividing the rufous at the base of the throat
from the grey of the breast.
I shall, therefore, give the dimensions of the two races
separately
Himalayan Birds (nine specimens measured) :—
Males.—Length, 10T) to I r o ; expanse, 160 to 17-5 ; wing
5'i2 to 5'37 ; tail from vent, 2'0 to 2-25 ; tarsus, r o to 1-55 ;
bill from gape, 087 to 093 ; weight, 7 to 105 ozs.
Females.—Length, 9'0 to I0'5 ; expanse, 155 to 17^0 ; wing,
4'9 to 5'2 ; tail from vent, 2 o to 2'2 ; tarsus, 1-35 to 145 ; bill
from gape, 0'82 to O'90 ; weight, 7 to 10 ozs.
Legs and feet red, at times intense red ; bill black ; irides
brown ; orbital skin and gape fleshy pink to bright red.
Tcnasscrim Birds (twenty-five specimens measured) :—
Males.—Length, 1075 to 11-25 ; expanse, 18-4 to 195 ; tail
from vent, 2^25 to 275 ; wing, 5'65 to 6'0 ; tarsus, r<3 to rS ;
bill from gape, 0^95 to I T ; weight, IO'O to i2'o ozs.
Females.—Length, io'O to 105 ; expanse, 166 to i8'5 ; tail
from vent, 2 0 to 2-3 ; wing, 5'3 to 5-6 ; tarsus, 1-52 to 175 ;
bill from gape, 0'9 to r o ; weight, 8'o to io'O ozs.
Legs and feet pale pinky red ; bill horny black ; irides deep
brown ; orbital skin bright red.
All these measurements, &c, were recorded from freshly
killed birds. There appears to be no difference in the plumage
of the two sexes in cither race.
THE PLATE is fairly satisfactory, but the legs and feet of the
birds in the foreground arc not sufficiently red for Himalayan
birds. The bird peering through the grass represents the Tcnasscrim
race, wanting the black throat line.
* In this respect agreeing with the Aracan Hill Partridge (A. iirferni.'rfitis), which,
indeed, it closely resembles ; but the Aracan bird is decidedly smaller, has one nearly
unbroken black patch covering more or less of the throat {instead of a number
of small round black spots), and is, on the breast and generally, rather paler
coloured. The Tenasserim form is quite as distinct as that from Aracan. Those
who consider it specifically distinct must call it A. ficjteUi, after its discoverer.
I personally should be inclined to suppress Uttermedha.