328 PARTRIDGE. 



chin, fore part of the neck, and breast, brownish yellow, marked 

 with spots, and curved streaks of brown, but paler than above ; the 

 lower part of the breast, the belly, thighs, and vent, white ; quills 

 dusky, with pale edges; tail brown, crossed with pale bands; legs 

 brown. — Inhabits Falkland Islands. 



69— SONNINI'S QUAIL. 



Perdix Sonninii, Colin Sonnini, Temm. Pig. fy Gall. 8vo. iii. p. 451. 

 Coturnix Americana elegans variegata, Barrer. Ft. Eq. p. 130. 

 Caille de Cayenne, Sonnin. Buf. vii. p. 133. 



LENGTH seven inches and a quarter. Bill black ; forehead and 

 round the base of the bill yellowish ; throat, and a broad band 

 behind the eyes deep rufous; body above rufous ash, with some 

 spots of black ; tail and breast the same; under part of the body 

 chestnut, spotted with white, the spots surrounded with black ; on 

 the crown, between the eyes, spring four or five narrow feathers, the 

 two longest about one inch ; these are yellowish, streaked down the 

 middle with brown ; greater quills and secondaries brown ; tail deep 

 brown, marked with many zigzags of black ; legs yellowish. 



The female is smaller, and wants the crested feathers; and the 

 colours of the plumage are less bright. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America. 



70— CALIFORNIAN QUAIL. 



Perdix Californica, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lxii. 



Crested Partridge of New California, La Perouse Voy. i. 201. pi. 36. 



Californian Quail, Gen. Syn. Sup. 281. Nat. Misc. ix. 345. 



RATHER larger than the Common Quail. Bill lead-colour; 

 general colour of the plumage above the body, wings, and tail, 



