VIRGINIAN COLIN. 391 



RASORES. TETRAONID&. 



THE VIRGINIAN COLIN. 



Ortyx Virginiana. 



American Quail, MONTAGU, Suppl. to Ornith. Diet. 



See Grosbeak, White-winged. 



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



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

 Ortyx Colin, MACGILL. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 228. 



Perdix Borealis, Colin Colenicui, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 335. 



ORTYX. Generic Cliaracters. Bill short, thick, and strong, higher than broad, 

 slightly convex, the tip rounded. Nostrils basal, linear, operculate, nearly con- 

 cealed. Feet of moderate length ; tarsus shorter than the middle toe. Wings 

 short, concave, rounded ; the first feather short, the fifth the longest in the wing. 

 Tail of twelve feathers, rather short, and rounded. 



