344 PARTRIDGE. 



pale buff; crown dark; cheeks pale, a litle mottled with darker; quills 

 brown, a few of the inner margined with buff; chin dull white; the 

 rest of the under parts the same, blotched a little as far as the neck ; 

 tail coverts long, hiding the tail ; legs with three toes only, placed 

 forwards. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



88— VARIED QUAIL. 



Perdix vaiia, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lxiii. 

 New-Holland Partridge, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 283. 



SIZE rather larger than the Common Quail. Bill horn-colour; 

 plumage above not unlike our Partridge, marked with triangular 

 large spots of black, from the middle of each feather being of that 

 colour ; forehead, and round the eyes, marked with small spots of 

 white ; fore part of the neck and breast pale ash-colour; belly, thighs, 

 and vent, dull white; on the ears a bluish spot; from thence, on each 

 side of the neck, pale dusky red, or ferruginous; quills, and most of 

 the outer part of the wing, black ; tail as the back, short, and a trifle 

 cuneiform ; the wings, when closed, reach to the middle of it ; legs 

 pale yellow, with three toes, all placed forwards. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; chiefly met with in July, and has 

 all the habits of our European Quail. 



89— CRESCENT QUAIL. 



Hetuipodius maculosus, Turnix mouchete, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 631. 



BILL pale ; plumage in general rufous brown above, a trifle 

 mottled, and inclining to yellow ; beneath paler, nearly white on the 

 forehead, round the eyes, and chin ; with a few short, blackish lines 

 on the front, and both white, and black curved marks on the ears ; 



