282 PARTRIDGE. 



the eye bounded with white; through the eye and behind brown; 

 beneath it a patch of fringed whitish feathers, rufous in the middle ; 

 chin and throat rufous ; back, and wing coverts pale brown, minutely 

 dotted with dusky, and a few pale long streaks, as in the Quail, with 

 here and there a dark, irregular patch ; quills barred dusky and dull 

 buff; breast and belly dull white, crossed with short, curved, dusky 

 bars ; thighs and vent buff ; tail as the back ; the legs pale brownish 

 red ; claws white, a blunt knob at the back part, placed high up. 



Inhabits India. — Gen. Hardwicke. One met with at Rohilcund 

 in February ; common in the Mahratta Country. A specimen in the 

 British Museum. 



19.— LONG-BILLED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix longirostris, Francolin a long bee, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 323. 



LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill stout, one inch and 

 three quarters long, and black ; round the eye bare and red ; general 

 colour of the plumage rufous brown, spotted with black ; feathers of 

 the back edged with yellowish ; the throat, part of the neck, belly, 

 and sides plain yellowish rust-colour; back, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts marked with zigzag dusky lines ; lower part of the neck and 

 breast greyish lead-colour; second quills and tail ferruginous, waved 

 with brown ; prime quills varied externally with the same ; the legs 

 horn-colour, furnished with a thick and short spur. 



The female differs, in having the breast rufous instead of lead- 

 colour, and the legs without spurs. 



Inhabits the thick woods of Sumatra. 



