PARTRIDGE. 311 



La petite Caille de Gingi, Sow. Voy. Ind. ii. 172. Tab. Enc. Orn. p. 221. 

 Caille de la Cote de Coromandel, Sonnin. Buf. vii. p. 140. 

 Coromandel Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 789. 



THIS is one-third less than our Quail. The head black ; crown 

 rufous yellow ; through the eye a streak of the same ; throat white, 

 terminated by a black stripe ; fore part of the neck, breast, and belly 

 reddish yellow, streaked with black, and each streak bounded with 

 white on the sides ; from the throat to the belly an irregular black 

 band ; hind part of the neck pale rufous, with a longitudinal streak 

 on each feather, bounded with black on the sides ; back, rump, and 

 lesser wing coverts rufous chestnut ; on each feather a yellowish 

 streak, crossed with lines of the same, bounded on each side with 

 black; quills brown. 



The female is much the same above, but beneath more dull ; the 

 throat white, bounded with black ; the fore part of the neck reddish 

 yellow, each feather streaked with white, and marked with two round 

 black spots on the sides; belly the same, but crossed with bands of 

 black, instead of spots. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel. 



55— NEW-GUINEA QUAIL. 



Perdix Novae Guinea?, Ind. Orn. ii. 655. 



Tetrao Novas Guinea?, Gm. Lin. i. 764. 



Caille de la Nouvelle Guinee, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 170. pi. 105. Sonnin. Buf. vii. 146. 



Tab. Enc. Orn. 222. t. 97. f. 3. Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 524. 

 New-Guinea Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 789. 



SONNERAT briefly tells us, that it is half the size of the 

 Common Quail. General colour brown, brightest on the head and 

 belly; wing coverts edged with dirty yellow; quills black ; irides 

 and legs greyish. 



Inhabits New-Guinea. 



