RED CRYPTONYX. 



(Cryptonyx rufus.) 



CR. corpons lateribus rufo-jtavescentibus ; corporejuscescente-rujb 

 transversim undulato, tectricibus alarum Jlavescentibus rufo-ter- 

 minatis ; subtus pallidiore ; temporibus guldquc plttmis tectis. 



Cryptonyx with the sides of the hotly reddish yellow ; the body 

 fuscous red, transversely undulated; the wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish, terminated by rufous ; beneath paler ; the temples 

 and throat covered with feathers. 



Cryptonyx rufus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 747. 



Perdix Cambaiensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 655. 44. 



Cryptonyx roux. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 534. 



Cambaian Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 282. 



THIS species is a native of Guzurat in the East 

 Indies : the male only is known : it is six inches 

 in length : its beak is short, and higher than 

 broad : the general colour of its plumage is of a 

 reddish yellow : the whole of the upper parts are 

 red, transversely striped with zigzag lines of red- 

 dish brown : the tail-feathers and the quills are 

 also varied with similar lines ; but the coverts are 

 tipped with plain reddish yellow, producing two 

 broad transverse stripes of that colour on the 

 wings : the cheeks, the sides and fore-part of the 

 neck, the breast, and the belly, are of a clear red- 

 dish yellow, each feather being edged with a paler 

 tinge : the base of the beak is yellow, and the 

 point brown : the feet are yellow. 



