270 PARTRIDGE. 



the middle of the black ; on the upper parts of the body each feather 

 is chocolate, margined on the sides with whitish ; on one leg are two 

 spurs, but on the other only one, as represented in the Ind. Zoology. 

 I observe the same in a specimen in Mr. Bullock's possession. 



In a female in the collection of Lord Stanley, I observe the right 

 leg to have two knobs, one near the hind toe, the other high up, 

 but on the left although there are also two, they are mere protube- 

 rances, being almost obsolete. 



6— CURRIA PARTRIDGE. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill brown ; head and neck blackish, dotted 

 with white; fore part of the neck, as far as the breast, the same, 

 but the feathers with white margins, having a waved appearance; 

 below this the feathers have rufous waves, the rest of the body fine 

 rufous chestnut ; the beginning of the back spotted with white, and 

 the spots encircled with black; behind this much the same, but the 

 spots are smaller, and triangular in shape ; under parts of the body 

 as above, but paler, the white spots larger, and more irregular in 

 shape, but still surrounded with black ; the rump and vent notspotted; 

 tail brownish chocolate, rounded in shape ; legs ash-colour, with 

 two spurs behind, the uppermost longer, and more sharp than the 

 lower. 



The female has a rufous head, inclining to chocolate ; down the 

 crown very dark ; chin whitish, dotted with red ; round the eye a 

 bare pale skin ; bill brown ; the whole plumage elsewhere brown, 

 the under parts palest, and the feathers margined with dusky. 



Inhabits India ; called Curria Teetur. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



This seems somewhat allied to the last described. 



