44 PARTRIDGE. 



extent; the bill is black; line over the eye, down the neck, and 

 whole chin, pure white, bounded by a band of black, which 

 descends and spreads broadly over the throat; the eye is dark 

 hazel; crown, neck, and upper part of the breast, red brown; 

 sides of the neck spotted with white and black, on a reddish 

 brown ground; back, scapulars and lesser coverts, red brown, 

 intermixed with ash, and sprinkled with black; tertials edged 

 with yellowish white; wings plain dusky; lower part of the 

 breast and belly pale yellowish white; beautifully marked with 

 numerous curving spots or arrow heads of black; tail ash, 

 sprinkled with reddish brown; legs very pale ash. 



The female differs in having the chin and sides of the head 

 yellowish brown, in which dress it has been described as a dif- 

 ferent kind. There is, however, only one species of Quail at 

 present known within the United States. 



