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ANDALUSIAN TURNIX, 
(Turnix tachydromus,) 
Tu. corpore rujo nigro-undulaj,o, subtus flavescente , i<Fnia loiigi-^ 
tudinali rnfescente alba, in vertice, snperciliis rujescentibus. 
Turnix with the body red, undulated with black ; beneath yel- 
lowish ; the crown with a longitudinal reddish white band >. 
the eyebrows reddish. 
Hemipodius tachydromus. Temm. Gall. hid. 756. 
Tetrao Andalusicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. /66. 
Perdix Andalusica. Lat/i. Ind. Orn, 2. 656. 46, 
Turnix tachydrome, Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 626. 
Andalusian Quail, Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 791 • 3S.pl. in front. 
Six inches in length : top of the head dusky 
brown, divided longitudinally with three reddish 
yellow bands, the two outward of which form a 
kind of brow over each eye ; the third passes 
down the middle of the crown : the throat is white : 
the fore-part of the neck and the breast are pure 
rufous, edged with yellowish on their sides, and 
each feather with a small crescent of black : the 
sides are bright red, sprinkled with a few black 
spots : the middle of the belly, the abdomen, and 
the under tail-coverts, are white : the nape is 
greyish red, waved with black and red : the back, 
the rump, and the scapulars, are varied with lon- 
gitudinal waves of red and black, running parallel 
with the margin of the feathers : the edges of all 
the feathers of the scapulars are wlnte : the wing- 
coverts are yellow ; tlic greater ones with a red 
