HACKLED PARTRIDGE^ 
359 
^ving-coverts and back streaked with pale yellowish 
buff: quills plain brown, the edges only being 
dotted with black : tail brown-black ; the three 
outer feathers plain, the others dotted with black 
on the outer edge : fore-part and sides of the neck 
ferruginous, a little mottled with paler colour ; the 
shafts paler : breast plain red-brown : belly the 
same, but paler : vent dusky : legs brown, two 
inches and a half long : claws paler.*’ 
Sonnerat’s description varies a little : he observes 
it has red irides: the feathers of the back and 
rump are striped with whitish, and long enough to 
hide the tail : the wing-feathers and sides of the 
belly have round white spots. This specimen 
came from China; the one commemorated by 
Latham was supposed to come from the Cape of 
Good Hope, but the eastern part of Asia is its 
native place ; it appears to be a very scarce species, 
and of its manners nothing is known. 
