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spotted with black ; the back is black and yellow ; 

 the tail has 12 feathers, black and red. 



The female wants the black spot on the breast. 



She lays her eggs on the ground ; they are of a 

 grey colour, spotted with brown, and in number 

 6 or 7. 



The quail migrates. 



3. RUFA. GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE. 



P. pedibus calcaratis rnstroque sanguineis, yula alba 

 cincta fascia nigra albo punctata . Lath. 



The bill is brown ; the irides are red ; the upper 

 part of the head is red brown, greyish on the fore- 

 head ; the chin and throat are white, encircled with 

 black ; over each eye is a band of white ; the fore- 

 part and sides of the neck cinereous, spotted with 

 black ; the back, wings, and rump are grey-brown ; 

 the breast is of a pale ash colour ; the belly is rufous ; 

 the sides are marked with lunular streaks of black? 

 white, and orange; the tail is composed of 16 fea- 

 thers, of a rufous colour, except the middle ones, 

 which are more or less grey brown ; the legs are red. 

 (Montagu.) 



