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varied with chestnut, white, and black ; tarsi, spur- 

 less. The Tectur Kelaun of the Moors. 



Asiatic Partridge. Lath. Perdix Camhayensis 

 P. Asiatica. Lath. Tern. PI. Col. 447. 



Above, grey, vermiculated with black ; beneath, 

 whitish, banded with black ; throat, chestnut ; eye- 

 streak, cheeks, and sides of throat, white. The hen is 

 reddish-grey beneath. India, The P. Camhayensis 

 of Lath. Cryptonyw Rufus, according to Temm. 

 is the young of this species.* , 



The Quails, Coturnix, 

 Are smaller than the partridges, with a slender bill, 



* See Leona Partridge, Lath. Hist. viii. 275, from Sierra Leona. 



Top of head and nape, olive-broWn j eyebrow-band, black and white j 

 orbits, naked ; cheek, a pale grey spot ; chin and throat, black ; neck and 

 breast, and beneath, black, v. ith cordate white spots ; lower part, and neck 

 and breast, mottled-brown, white streaked ; wing-coverts, white streaked; 

 quill, dusky brown ; and rump, mottled, yellowish-brown ; tail, short, 

 rounded; sides, white, streaked ; spur, sharp. Allied to the Francolin. 



Beautiful Partridge. Lath. Hist. 274. India. Perching Partridge. 

 Lath. H. 281. India. Buff-breasted Partridge. Lath. H. 296. Africa. 

 Mosambique Partridge. Lath. H. 297. Dusky-breasted Partridge. Lath. 

 H. 297. Rust-bellied Partridge. Lath. H. 298. Red bill Partridge. 

 Lath. H. 299. India. Oriental Partridge. Lath. H. 300. India. 

 Gorget Partridge. Lath. H. 302. India. Olive Partridge. Lawrence 

 Partridge, and Eye-brow Partridge. Lath. Hist. In. 303, 304. India. 

 White-cheeked Partridge. Lath. H. 505. Chestnut-bellied Partridge^ 

 and Undulated Partridge, and Dwarf Partridge. New South Wales. 

 Lath. H. 306. Elegant Quail. Lath. H. 306. Austral Partridge. Lath. 

 H. 308. Marbled Quail, and Eastern Quail, from India, and Caluo Quail. 

 Senegal. Lath. Hist. 318. Perdir Ventralis. Diet, des Sci. Nat. P. 

 Torqueola. Valent. P. Ferruginea. Lath. Syn. 66. 



