450 B,ev. A. C. Smith on the Birds of Portugal. 



117. tCoLUMBA (ENAs, Linn. Stock-Dove. "Pombotrocaz." 



118. *CoLUMBA LiviA, Linn. Rock-Dove. " Pomba." 



119. *CoLUMBA TURTUR, Linn. Turtle-Dove. '' RolaJ" 

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



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



120. *Perdix RUFA (Linn.). Red-legged Partridge. " Per- 

 diz." 



This is the only recognized Partridge of Portugal, and is very 

 abundant, the markets 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 Red-leg ; the 

 chestnut on the head and upper back is much brightei-, and the 

 ash- brown of the lower back much more distinct and contrasted 

 with the rufous above ; the ochreous abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts are much paler." 



121. 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 Museum 

 just before my arrival. 



122. *CoTURNix COMMUNIS, Bonnat. Quail. " Codorniz." 

 Excessively abundant, and the markets were always glutted 



with them. Of one which I brought home, Mr. Tristram writes : 

 — " The Quail is cleaner and brighter than English, but not so 

 bright as Palestine and Algerian specimens." 



123. fTuRNixsYLVATiCA (Desfout.). Andalusian Hemipode. 

 " Toirdo do mato." 



This pretty species is by no means rare in Portugal; indeed 

 Prof, du Bocage assured me he had often eaten it like any other 

 game, which he naturally considered the most decisive proof of 

 its abundance. I was assured by sportsmen that it is found in 

 wooded districts, and not in the sandy plains assigned as its 

 habitat by Temminck, Yarrell, and others. 



124. fPTERocLEs ARENARius (Pall.). Sand-Grousc. " Cor- 

 tiqol," " Barriga negru." 



Common in the open districts. 



