ORTYX MACROURA. 



feathers is five inches and a half: they are broad and rounded, and the 

 upper coverts extend over them a little more than one-third ; the ground 

 colour of them is reddish-brown, thickly and closely barred obliquely with 

 spots and blotches of black, so much so that at first sight they appear 

 nearly of a uniform colour. 



