HED-THROATEt) PARTRIDGE. 
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the head and the top of the neck of an olive-brown : 
beneath the eyes a patch of white, and another of 
the same above : the throat is of a fine ferruginous 
red : the feathers of the breast and the belly with 
a broad white stripe following the direction of the 
shaft ; this is bordered, and the rest of the feather 
is olive-brown : the abdomen is covered with a 
soft down of a reddish white colour : the wings, 
the back, and the rump, are of a brown hue, with 
the shafts of each feather white, and the webs on 
each side have three or four yellowish white 
transverse bands, edged with a narrow black line : 
the greater quills are red at the base and grey at 
their tips : the middle quills are red on the inner, 
and brown, transversely striped with red, on their 
outer webs ; their shafts are reddish, and those of 
the greater quills white : the tail is of a deep red, 
the lateral feathers with a narrow reddish white 
band towards their tips ; the two middle feathers 
are similar in colour to the upper parts of the body, 
and transversely barred with bright red : the feet 
are red: the claws are brown, and the beak is 
black. Found in the vicinity of Calcutta. 
