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ground colour of the plumage, both above and be- 

 neath, is of a delicate fawn or Isabella colour, 

 prettily variegated with short angulated transverse 

 lines, of which one or sometimes two are at the 

 tip of each feather ; these lines are close and broad 

 upon the head, and partly obliterated in the middle 

 of the back, and are few and wide asunder on the 

 flanks ; the wing -covers and the tertials are marked 

 in the same manner, but the primaries and second- 

 aries are brown, simply edged with fawn ; the chin 

 and beginning of the neck is nearly white, crossed 

 by a bright red bar, which also covers the ears ; the 

 rest of the throat is plain fawn, which colour is 

 continued on the flanks and under wing-covers. 

 The middle of the breast is marked by several large 

 white spots, almost round and partly encircled with 

 black, then comes a patch of deep cinnamon, ana- 

 logous to that in the partridge, and below this spot 

 the middle of the belly becomes white. The tail is 

 rounded ; all the lateral feathers are blackish brown, 

 with clear white tips ; the middle pair alone being 

 of the same colour as the wings. Bill and feet 

 whitish. 



In regard to the form, we may observe, that the 

 first perfect quill is the longest ; the hind-toe and 

 claw is shorter than the lateral ones, and not so 

 long as the tarsus ; the claws are curved and rather 

 broad. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill from the gape, T 4 5 ; 

 wings, 2/e ; tail, 1 ^ ; tarsus, ^ ; hind- toe and 

 claw, T 4 . 



