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Thefe inhabit the country of the Namaqua Hottentots, and in ™ ACK ANn 



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the day-time frequent the thirfty defarts ; but are eafily fhot, by 

 watching near the fountains, where fometimes three hundred will 

 come at once to drink, water being very rare in thofe parrs. 

 Thefe make long flights, like Pigeons-, and their note is different 

 from any of the Grous tribe. They feed on the feeds of plants :. 

 will alfo eat corn. Known in the parts they frequent by the 

 name of Namaqua Partridges. 



Erom the papers of Sir Jofeph Banks, 



Tetrao arenaria, N. C. Petr. xix. p. 418. pi. 8. (P. S. Pallas). 16.. 



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nn HIS is bigger than the Partridge : length more than nineteen Description, 



inches. Bill blue grey; tip black : head pale afh-colour; 

 crown and nape clouded yellowifh grey : chin deep yellow, ter- 

 minated by a triangular black mark about, the middle of the 

 neck : the feathers of the throat and neck grey, Angularly trun- 

 cated, and glofly like thofe of a. Dove: the upper parts of the- 

 neck and body teftaceous white ; each feather furrounded with a. 

 brown border, encircling an oval yellowifh fpot ; on the lower 

 part of the neck a crefcent of black : the breaft is white : belly, 

 vent r ,and thighs, black : wings hoary, with a deep yellow fpot. 

 on the fecondaries : quills brownifh, obliquely white at the bafe : 

 the tail has fixteen feathers ; the two middle ones pointed, and. 

 yellowifh, croflfed with brown lines ; the others brown With grey, 

 lines; the tips white: legs flender, feathered to the toes; which 

 are lhort, naked, and callous beneath: claws black: behind' 

 is a fpur, which turns inwards^.and is prominent and pointed. 



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