300 PARTRIDGE. 



mottled with black ; tail shorter than the legs, and rounded at the 

 end ; the two middle feathers barred and mottled like the inner 

 quills; the others rufous, tipped with black; legs naked, pale red ; 

 at the back part a long, bent, sharp spur. The female differs very 

 little, except in wanting the spur on the legs. 



Inhabits the woods of Bengal ; is the Teetur of Hindustan Proper ; 

 Junglee Teetur, or Wood Partridge, of the Mussulmans. For the 

 above account I am indebted to Dr. Buchanan. 



36.-ORIENTAL PARTRIDGE. 



LENGTH between ten and eleven inches. Bill dusky ; forehead, 

 to the middle of the crown, buff-colour, passing over the eye some 

 way on each side of the nape ; sides of the head, chin, and throat 

 the same, the last bounded beneath by a curved dusky mark ; from 

 the middle of the crown, and the neck behind, pale dusky; on the 

 fore part greatly paler, and all surrounded with concentric dusky 

 lines; breast and under parts buff, with zigzag, distant, fine dusky 

 lines ; thighs and vent plain ; the back and wings rufo-ferruginous, 

 crossed with bars of buff, and fine lines of the same down the shafts 

 of the feathers; quills barred dusky and buff; tail much the same 

 as the back feathers ; legs fine crimson red, paler at the back part, 

 with a spur three-eighths of an inch long, placed high up; claws 

 pale; toes placed as usual. — Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke. 



37 —GREY-THROATED QUAIL. 



Perdix grisea, Ind. Orn. ii. 654. 

 Tetrao griseus, Gm. Lin. i. 764. 

 La Caille brune de Madagascar, Son. Voy. Tnd.n. 171. Sonnin. Buf.vW. 139. Tab. 



Eric. Orn. p. 220. Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 523. 

 Gre3-throated Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 788. 



SIZE of our Quail. Bill black; irides yellow ; top of the head 

 and neck behind black and rufous; the black feathers more nu- 



