70. Caloperdix oculeus.
THE FERRUGINOUS WOOD-PARTRIDGE.
=beautiful; =Partridge ; an eye.
Burong, Trung (Malay), Sumatra.
Male 10 3/4"" to 11 4/5"; 8 oz. Legs dirty green. Bill black. Head and breast and below chestnut. Back black, with feathers fringed white. Wings olive-brown, with round black spots. Flanks barred black and white. Males often double-spurred. Might be classed with the Pea-Pheasants or Spur-Fowl. It extends up the Malayan Peninsula.
Also C. sumatrana. The Sumatran W. P. A subspecies which differs from C. oculeus in having back irregularly cross-barred pale yellow, and basal half of breast-feathers mottled and barred black.
C. borneensis. The Bornean W. P. Allied to O. oculeus, but the mantle is black.
BookTitle:
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference:
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book:
70. Caloperdix oculeus
CatNo:
70
Year:
1904
Page No:
100
Common name:
Ferruginous Wood Partridge
M_ID:
1443
M_CN:
Ferruginous Partridge
M_SN:
Caloperdix oculeus
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12739
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