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648 Absent from Su.Sū.46; Dalhaṇa mentions girivartikā as a synonym of giriśā. Cf. A.h.Sū.6.45 and A.s.Sū.7.68 (girivartikā). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Coturnix coturnix*, the mountain quail. Omitted or identified as the hill partridge in the Gulabkunverba translation. P.V. Sharma: hill quail. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: mountain quail. K.N. Dave (1985: 269, 282): mountain quail. See on *Ophrysia superciliosa* (J.E. Gray), the mountain quail: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 73–74; this extremely rare bird has not been met with since 1876 (N. Majumdar, 1986: 297).