ORDER GALLINyE. 05 



New Holland Partridge. Lath. Perdiao Varia. 

 Lath. Supp. PI. Col. t. 454, f. 1. 



Above, varied ashy, black, and reddish ; wing coverts, 

 black and white eyed ; beneath, whitish ; chest, pur- 

 plish ; quills and tail, ash-brown. Length, six 

 inches. 



Inhabits Oceania and New Holland. 



Du8sumier''s Turnix. Hemipodius Dussumierii. Tern. PI. 

 Col. t. 454, f. 2. 



Finely banded with red, ash, white, and black ; wing, 

 yellow-spotted, with red and broAvn ; back of neck, 

 pale-red, with a row of black spots on each side ; 

 belly and throat, white; rump, black, zizzaged. 

 Length, five inches. India. 



See also Rock Partridge and Dubkee Quail , Lath. 

 Hist. viii. 335, from India. Sultry Quail, and 

 Spotted-necked Quail, Lath. Hist. viii. 343, from 

 Africa, and Southern Quail, Lath. 343, from New 

 South Wales. 



Syrrhaptes, 111. 



Are so far removed from the general type of the 

 gallinaceous birds, that one is in doubt whether to 

 place them in the same order. 



Their short tarsi are plumed, as well as their toes, 

 which are very short, and are united in part of their 

 length ; their wings, moreover, are extremely long 

 and pointed. 



Only one species is known, which belongs to the 

 deserts of central Asia. 



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