44 PHASIANIDiE. — BALLID.i;. 



Female in summer. Above buff, barred and closely marked with black 

 lines and white tips to feathers. 



Autumn. Above slate-grey, finely marked with black ; head and neck 

 marked with rufous brown. 



Winter. Entirely white, except the black tail with white tips ; the 

 male only having hlach between eye and bill, and black stripe behind 

 eye. Length 15 inches. 



PHASIANID^. 



250. Pheasant. PJiasiamis colcMcus (Linnaeus). Eesident. 



The pure P. colchicus, without white ring, is seldom seen now, as the 

 Chinese P. torquatus has interbred. 



251. Partridge. Perdix cinerea, Latham. Eesident. 



Adult. First primary rounded at end ; legs bluish grey. 



Toung. First primary sharp at the end ; legs light brown. 



Female. Both old and young have feathers of wing-coverts darker 

 than in male, and barred with buif on each side of the web. Length 

 12^ inches. 



252. Eed-legged Partridge. Oaccahis rufa (Linnteus). Eesident ; 

 chiefly in the east and south of England. Introduced about 1770, and 

 gradually spreading. 



Sexes alike, except that male has knobs or blunt spurs on legs. Black 

 gorget or collar from bill through eyes, enclosing a white throat ; dirty 

 white below this collar, spotted and streaked with black ; bill, eyelids, 

 and legs red ; tail chestnut, of fourteen feathers. Length 14 inches. 



253. Quail. Goturnix communis, Bonnaterre. Spring to autumn ; 

 rare in winter. 



General colour buff, marked much as Partridge above. 



Mcde. Chin and throat blackish. 



Female. Chin and throat buff; larger than male. Length 7 inches. 



Order rTJLICARI.ai. Family RALLID^. 



254. Corn-Crake, or Land-Eail. Crex pratensis, Bechstein. Spring 

 to autumn, rarely in winter. 



General colour above brownish buff, each feather on back with a 

 black centre ; axillaries chestnut ; bill shorter than head — as in the three 

 following species. Length 10| inches. 



255. Spotted Crake. Porzaria ynaruetta (Leach). Spring to autumn. 



General colour above olive-brown ; each feather on back with blackish 

 centre, and spotted with white ; axillaries barred with white ; breast 

 spotted. Length 8g inches. 



