404 

 HASOXES. 



TETRAONID.E. 



TETRAONID^E. 



THE VIRGINIAN COLIN. 



Ortyx Virginiana. 



American Quail, MOJJTAGU, Suppl. to Ornith. 

 Diet. See Grosbeak, White- 

 winged. 



Coturnix Marylanda, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 46. 



Perdix Virginiana, Virginian Partridge, JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 173. 



Ortyx Colin, MACGILL. Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 228. 



Perdix Borealis, Colin Colenicui, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. 



p. 335. 



OBTYX. Generic Characters. Bill short, thick, and strong, higher than 

 broad, slightly convex, the tip rounded. Nostrils basal, linear, operculate, 



