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NORTHERN COLIN. 
Coliii C'olenicui. 2'emm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 436. 
New England Partridge. Alb. Birds. 1. pi. 28. 
A'irginian Partridge. Catesb. Carol. 3. j)l. 12. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 
4. 777. 22. 
INIaryland Partridge. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 185. — Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 4. 778. 23. 
Louisiane Qnail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 785. 27 . 
Lesser Mexican Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 786. 30. 
L.A.THAM has described this species under no less 
than four different names, as may be seen by re- 
ferring to the synonyms : it is rather less than a 
Partridge, and is about eight or nine inches in 
length : the male has the forehead black : a broad 
band of white extends from the base of the beak, 
on each side, passing over the eyes to the nape ; 
this is accompanied by a narrow one of black : the 
throat is of a pure white, encircled with a broad 
band of black, which arises at the angle of the 
beak, and passes beneath the eyes to the fore- 
part of the neck, where it is somewhat expanded, 
and mixes with the spots of black, white, and red, 
with which that part is adorned : the top of the 
head is red-chesnut, spotted with black : the back 
is of a rufous-red ; the edges of the feathers grey- 
ish, marked with fine black stripes : on the middle 
of the back are several large black spots, edged 
with rufous : the rump with the same, but the 
ground colour more rufous-grey, with undulated 
obsolete brown stripes : the scapulars and the 
greater wing-coverts spotted with black and red 
on their inner webs, and grey and red on their 
outer ; their feathers are all slightly fringed with 
