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1. CINEREA. COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



P, calcarata, cinereo rufo et nigro varia, macula 

 nuda coccinea suboculis, cauda ferruginea, pec- 

 tore brunneo. Lath. 



The bill is light brown ; irides hazel ; the general 

 plumage is brown and ash, mixed with black, each 

 feather being marked down the middle with buff; a 

 semilunar mark crosses the breast ; the tail is short 

 of 18 feathers; the legs are greenish, with a small 

 protuberance behind. 



Weight looz. 



The female has no crescent on the breast. 



The partridge pairs at the latter end of February. 



The female lays her eggs, from lo to 20 in number, 

 in a nest of dry leaves "and grass, placed on the 

 ground. The eggs are of a grey colour. 



The young feed chiefly on the grubs of ants. 



2. COTURNIX. 1 



C. DACTYLISONANS, SHAW. ] THE QUAIL * 



P. mutica, corpore griseo maculato, superciliis albis, 

 rectricib us margine lunulaque ferruginea. Lath . 



The bill is dusky ; irides hazel ; the head is black, 

 a yellow line runs from the crown to the back ; the 

 chin and throat are whitish ; the breast is pale orange 



