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bird is very frefpiontly met with in Portugal. In the Mu- 

 seum of Lisbon there is but a single specimen. 



134. fCAPRiMULGUS RUFicoLLis (Natt.), ' Kussct-neckcd Night- 



jar,' Noitibo. 

 Here is another species which I anxiously hoped to obtain 

 in Portugal ; but I found that it was extremely rare, very few 

 specimens having ever been met with in that country. 



135. fCoLUMBA PALUMBUS (Linn.), 'Ring-Dove,' Pomho trocaz. 



136. fCoLUMBA CENAS (Linn.), ' Stock-Dove,' Pomho trocaz. 



137. *CoLUMBA LiviA (Linn.), ' Kock-Dovc,' Po?«io. 



138. *CoLUMBA TURTUR (Linn.), ' Turtle-Dove,' liola. 



All these are common. C. livia I found on the rocks 

 about Cintra ; C. turtur I shot in the beautiful woods of 

 Montserrat. 



139. *Perdix rufa (Linn.), ' Red-legged Partridge,' Perdiz. 



This is the only recognised Partridge of Portugal, and is 

 very abundant: the market was well supplied with them 

 when I was there, even so late as May. Mr. Tristram 

 writes of it, — ' Your specimen is much brighter than our 

 English Eed-leg ; the chestnut on the head and upper back 

 is much brighter, and the ash -brown of the loAver back 

 much more distinct, and contrasted with the rufous above ; 

 the ochreous abdomen and lower tail coverts are much 

 paler.' 



140. fPERDix CINEREA (Lath.), ' Common Partridge.' 



This species is extremely rare in Portugal, and would not 

 be admitted into this list but for the accidental circumstance 

 that a specimen was killed and preserved for the Lisbon 

 Museurm just before my arrival. 



[To this Professor du Bocage adds, — * Perdix cinerea does 

 certainly exist in Portugal, tliough confined to the more 

 northerly provinces of the country. All the Px;ini])los of 

 this species which we have seen come from the Tvlarao range 

 of hills, on the borders of the provinces of Minho and Traz- 

 os-Montes.'] 



