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undulata, the ground-colour of three in the British Museum 

 and of the only example obtained by myself being rich 

 buEy brown (Ridgway^ Colour Standards, 1912, pi. xl.), 

 and sparingly spotted and blotched with chocolate-brown 

 with pale underlying purplish markings. 



Measurements : 65*5 x 45 _, 62 X 43, Q7 X 44^ 66 X 43 mm. 



CaccaMs petrosa kcenigi. Koenig^s Barbary Partridge. 



Caccabis petrosa kcenigi Reichw. Orn. Monatsbr. 1899, 

 p. 189. 



Caccabis petrosa petrosa (Gmel.) ; Bannerman, Part I. 

 p. 88. 



The Barbary Partridge from the Canary Islands has been 

 separated by Dr. Beichenow from the north African race on 

 the grounds tliat it is darker and larger. Those which I 

 have examined from the Canary Islands (8 examples) have 

 wing measurements averaging 167 mm. Without exception 

 Barbary Partridges from the Canary Islands are distinctly 

 greyer on the back than African specimens. Those examined 

 were mostly obtained in different months of the year. 



We did not meet with the Barbary Partridge in Lan- 

 zarote, which is the only island in which it is resident. 

 A few are said still to be found there. In 1890, when 

 Meade- Waldo visited Lanzarote, be shot a specimen on the 

 lava-flow in the north ol: the island, the only spot upon 

 which it Avas said to exist, 



Coturnix coturnix coturnix. The Migratory Quail. 

 Coturnix coturnix coturnix (Linn.) ; BannermaUj Part I. 

 p. 44. 



Coturnix coturnix africana. The African Quail. 



Coturnix coturnix africana Temm. & Schleg. ; Balmerman, 

 Part I. p. 44. 



Quails are plentiful in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, but 

 we did not succeed in shooting any during our visit. The 

 corn, such as it was, was still standing and afforded a certain 

 amount of cover. Many eggs, mostly quite fresh, were brought 

 into camp by natives. Probably both the above named species, 

 which occasionally interbreed, are found there, but as no 



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