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Linnean Society, under the name of Phasianus 

 a name at once implying its connections. A se- 

 cond description and figure appeared in the Planches 

 Coloriees of Temminck, and our present represen- 

 tation is from a specimen in the Edinburgh Mu- 

 seum. The male is about 16 inches in length, 

 and the accompanying Plate will sufficiently de- 

 tail the colours without a description. It lias re- 

 ceived its specific name from the blotches of red 

 upon the breast, and the rich crimson which adorns 

 the tail and its coverts. The legs are irregularly 

 spurred, two sometimes on one and only one on 

 the other. In Temminck's figure two are repre- 

 sented on the one leg, and on the other four, in two 

 pairs. The female is said to resemble the male in 

 the colours, except in being duller in hue ; the size 

 is less and the legs are without spurs. This is 

 rare bird in collections. 



It would be impossible in our present limits to de 

 scribe every species of the larger groups of this fa- 

 mily, but before proceeding to the quails, we shall 

 notice one or two other birds. There is a beautiful 

 bird from the deserts of Acaba in Arabia, which 

 Temminck has dedicated to Mons. Hey, the compa- 

 nion of Ruppel. Perdix Heyii is of size interme- 

 diate between the common partridge and the quail, 

 and is now mentioned from the resemblance which 

 it bears to the Red-legged Rock and Barbary par- 

 tridges, in the nearly uniform tint of the upper plu- 

 mage ; the feathers on the flanks are also bordered 

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