. A hand-book to the game-birds . THE PAINTED BUSH-QUAILS. 159 Adult Female.—Like the female of M. erythrorhyticha, butpaler. Range.—Central Provinces of India. III. THE MANIPUR PAINTED BUSH-QUAIL. MICROPERDIXMANIPURENSIS. Perdicida 7nampurensis, Hume, Str. F. ix. p. 467 (1880).Microperdix uiatiipurensis^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. p. 204 (1893). ^Plate XIII.) Adult Male—Above dark grey, barred (and blotched on thewings) with black ; forehead, eyebrow-stripes, and throat darkchestnut; neck and chest grey, shading into tawny on the restof the under-parts, which have a black shaft-st
. A hand-book to the game-birds . THE PAINTED BUSH-QUAILS. 159 Adult Female.—Like the female of M. erythrorhyticha, butpaler. Range.—Central Provinces of India. III. THE MANIPUR PAINTED BUSH-QUAIL. MICROPERDIXMANIPURENSIS. Perdicida 7nampurensis, Hume, Str. F. ix. p. 467 (1880).Microperdix uiatiipurensis^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. p. 204 (1893). ^Plate XIII.) Adult Male—Above dark grey, barred (and blotched on thewings) with black ; forehead, eyebrow-stripes, and throat darkchestnut; neck and chest grey, shading into tawny on the restof the under-parts, which have a black shaft-stripe and wideblack cross-bar on each feather. Total length, 6-5 inches ;wing, 3*4; tail, 2 ; tarsus, i*o5. Adult Female.—Differs from the male in having no chestnuton the head or throat, the latter being whitish, and the breastand belly are buff. Range.—Sikhim and South-eastern Manipur Hills. This extremely handsome little species was discovered byMr. A. O. Hume during his expedition to Manipur, and wasonly met with in
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