

AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, or QUAIL. 



{Perdix xirginiana, Lath. Wilsox, vi. p. 21. pi. 47. fig. 2. [male], 

 P. marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. C51. [male.] P. mexicana, 

 IBID. p. 653. [young.] La Caille de la Louisianc, Brisson, i. p. 

 258. pi. 22. fig. 2. BuFFON, Ornith. pi. enlum, pi. 149. Colenicui, 

 ii. p. 485. Colenicviltic, Fernandez, Hist. Nov. Hispan. p. 19. 

 cap. 25. Coturnicis simulacrum, JoH>rsTOiNr, Willughby, and 

 Ray. 



Sp. Charact. — Without a crest ; plumage cinnamon brown, varied 

 with black and wliitish ; throat white, bounded with a black 

 crescent ; bill black ; the feet ash-colored. — Female, with the 

 stripe over the eye and throat, pale yellowish-brown. Youngs 

 for a while, without the black on the throat. 



The Quail of America, exceedingly prolific, has ex- 

 tended its colonies from the inclement coasts of New 

 England to the mild latitudes of Mexico and Honduras. 

 In Jamaica, where it has long been introduced and natu- 

 ralized, the inhabitants distinguish it as the Partridge, 

 an appellation sufficiently prevalent in various parts of the 

 United States. At the north, the species is rarely seen 

 to the extremity of New Hampshire ; and this limit, no 



