Madame Notes 1. 1954 April 7 Brown Partridge, elev 15,000ft Nepal Partridge, in pairs & threes are first heard, then seen. A frequent call is a rapidly increasing clucking much like a starting steam locomotive. A scream rising in pitch often follows this call. Three birds are seen pecking at the ground near the bottom of a dry gully; there is some fresh snow under the rocks. As I approach the birds rapidly run uphill, pause for a moment then run on again. At the top of the knoll one bird seems to be standing guard from a rock top while the other two go about feeding. I climb the knoll and when I reach within 40yds. of the birds they all fly off downhill across the gully & up the other side with rapid short wingbeats, then a glide, & more wingbeats etc.; the partridge give a rapid whistled kee-kee-kee-- as they fly away. After stalks the birds several times during the morning 8:00 A.M - 11:30 A.M. The above pattern is always repeated, ie. the birds will waddle uphill, keep ing usually 100 yds ahead of me unless I manage to keep well from their view (noise less) then they will become less wary of my presence & commence feeding again but will with one bird as a lookout; the birds always prefer walking or running uphill [illegible]