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The CoLiNS, or American Quails, 



Have the bill thicker, shorter, and more convex ; 

 the tail a little more developed. They perch in 

 bushes, and, when pursued, in trees. Many of them 

 migrate like other quails. 



Among the species of the size of the partridge 

 may be remarked : 



Guiana Partridge. Lath. Tet. Guanensis. Gm. 

 PerdicV Dentata. Tem. Odontophorus Rufus. 

 Vieill. Gal. pi. 211, which is not a Tinamou, as 

 stated by Gmelin. 



Reddish-ash, with blackish lines and dots ; eye- 

 brows, red ; beneath, pale reddish-ash, obsoletely 

 lined ; quill, brown, black streaked ; lower jaw, 

 notched at the top. Uru. Azara, n. 334. South Ame- 

 rica.* 



Among those of the size of the quail : — 



Maryland Quail. Lath. Tet. Mecoicanus Enl. 

 149. Frisch. 11. The same as Marilandus. Albin. 

 1, 28, and as T. Virginianusy or Perdix Borealis. 

 Temm. Vieill. Gal. 214. 



Chestnut brown, varied with black and reddish ; be- 



* Perdix Capueira, Spix t. 76. a. Above, brown, varied with black, 

 red, and white; beneath, ash; quills, white banded. Allied to P. 

 Dentata. 



P. Rufina, Spix. t. 76, b. Head, red, banded with black; nape, ashy; 

 body, rufous: lores, red; bill not quite so high as the last. River 

 Amazons. 



