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edges ; on each side of the head two black bands, one passing 

 through the eyes, the other beneath them ; space between white ; 

 throat the same ; the hind part of the neck is also white, with a 

 black mark at the end of each feather ; lower part of the neck and 

 breast black, the feathers with three white spots on each web; belly 

 the same, but the spots are larger, and rufous ; thighs pale rufous, 

 crossed with black bands; back reddish; the scapulars blackish 

 in the middle, and irregularly spotted with rufous white ; lesser 

 quills the same, but darker ; greater quills black, crossed with white 

 stripes; rump and middle tail feathers pale rufous, marked with 

 black bands, the rest brownish black ; legs pale rufous, with a strong 

 spur at the back part, placed high up. 



Inhabits the Isle of Madagascar, and from thence has been 

 transported into the Isle of France ; as it perches, and has a note 

 like the Guinea Pintado, the French inhabitants call it Perdix 

 Pintadee. 



A. — Length eleven inches. Bill dusky; irides brown; head, 

 nape, and half way down the back of the neck rufous; the feathers 

 dashed down the shafts with dusky ; sides of the head and chin plain 

 rufous; lower part of the neck, all round the breast, and all beneath 

 brownish black ; the feathers marked with three spots of white on 

 each web ; lower part of the back and rump brown, crossed with 

 numerous white lines; over the thighs, and middle of the belly the 

 same, but the lines broader ; wing coverts brownish black, spotted 

 as the under parts, but the spots are rufous instead of white ; tail 

 short, dusky blackish brown, the two middle feathers crossed with 

 pale rufous lines near the base ; legs red. 



Inhabits Bombay. Described from a fine specimen at Sir Jos. 

 Banks's. It appears to be a Variety, or sexual difference of the Pin- 

 tado Partridge. 



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