6U CLASS AVES. 



neath, white, with black wavy bands ; eyebrows and 

 throat, white ; throat-band, black ; outer tail-feathers, 

 ash. Female, paler; beneath temples and throat, 

 yellowish. 



Also, the T. Virginianus, T. Coyoleos of Gmelin. 

 Length, eight inches. See Wilson a. o. vi. t. 47, f. 2. 

 Perhaps Perdix Hudsonicus. Lath. 



Malouine Quail. Lath. Tetrao FalMandicus. 

 Enl. 222. Cop. Gm. 97, f. 1. 



Brownish, with brown angular spot and streaks ; be- 

 neath, white ; head, spotted ; chest, brownish yellow, 

 with blackish arches. Falkland Islands. 



Crested Quail. Lath. Tet. Cristatus. Enl. 126. 



Frontal crest, long, slender ; forehead and throat, 

 whitish-red ; neck, black spotted ; tail, yellow 

 streaked; wing- coverts, whitish, red edged ; beneath, 

 white, black and red spotted ; belly, middle, red. 

 Female, not crested ; black spotted ; beneath, black 

 and white banded. North America. 



Sonnin€s Quail. Colin Sonnini. Perdioc Sonnini. 

 Tern. Col. 75. 



Crest; nuchal, long, slender, brownish yellow ; throat, 

 chestnut ; body, olive ; tail and chest, reddish-ash, 

 black spotted ; beneath, chestnut, with black edged 

 white spots. South America. Length seven inches. 



Calif ornian Quail. Lath. Tet. Californius. Sh. 

 Nat. Mis. IX. pi. 345, and the Atlas to the Voyage 

 of Perouse, pi. 36. 



Lead-coloured; crest, vertical, erect; throat, black, 



