PARTRIDGE. 297 



Inhabits Africa. — In Mr. Bullock's collection. I suspect it to 

 be allied to the Rufous-breasted Species, but this cannot be ascer- 

 tained for want of a better description of that bird. 



31— MOSAMBIQUE PARTRIDGE. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill red, round the eye bare; chin 

 and throat the same, and both red ; head otherwise brown ; plumage 

 above brown ; down the shafts of the wing coverts a dash of choco- 

 late brown, somewhat arrow-shaped, and reaching to the tips; sides 

 of the neck, and under parts buff-colour, streaked down the shafts 

 with black ; most of the feathers have also black margins ; thighs 

 the same; on the middle of the belly a large patch of plain black; 

 tail four inches long, plain brown ; legs robust, red, with a stout 

 spur, about one inch above the hind toe ; claws pale ; at the bend of 

 the wing a blunt short spur, or knob. 



Another, supposed a female, had the same parts bare, but taking 

 up less space, and the bird only eleven inches long ; feathers on all 

 the upper parts minutely freckled with a darker colour ; beneath 

 nearly the same as in the other, but the streaks on the neck only 

 pale grey, though white on the sides; lower belly and vent in both 

 brown ; under tail coverts mottled dusky white and brown ; legs less 

 stout, and red, with only a rudiment of a spur. 



Inhabits Africa. — The above shot at Mosambique, and brought 

 into England by Mr. Salt, on his return from Abyssinia. 



32 — DUSKY-BREASTED PARTRIDGE. 



LENGTH eight or nine inches. Bill bent at the end, lead- 

 colour, pale at the tip ; round the eye naked and red ; crown, nape, 

 and neck behind, mottled chestnut ; sides of the neck and throat 



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