40 I N D I A N Z O O L O G Y. 



' VII. 



PERDIX BICALCAR ATUS. 

 DOUBLE-SPURRED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix Bicalcarata, GmeUn, Lin. ii. 759. Forjler Ind. Zoal. 2^^ 

 Ceylon Partridge, Latham, iv. 758. Index Ornith. ii. 674. 



Double-Spur- 'T^ H E bill of the Male IS red: from that to the re.- 

 gion of the eyes is a naked red fpace. The head is 

 varied with black and white ftreaks. The whole neck, 

 above and below, is black, elegantly marked with fagittal 

 lines, the points tending upwards. The thighs white. 

 The primaries duiky, edged with rufous. The back 

 covered with rufous feathers, dufky on each fide of their 

 ■• fhafts. Tail dufky. Legs red, on each a pair of flrong 



fharp fpurs. 



The head of the female is cinereous. The color of the 

 back and belly rufous, brightefl below. The tail dufky,. 

 Legs red and unarmed. 



These were t^ktnntax Colombo. The Cingakfe call. 

 them Haben-Kukella,. 



VIII. COLUMBA. 



