﻿15$ 



PARTRIDGE. 



* * 



WITH THREE TOES, 



N 9 37. Gibraltar Q^ 

 j8. Andalufian Q^ 



N*39. Black-neckecTQ* 

 40. Luzonian Q^ 



BILL convex, ftrong, and fhort. 

 Noftrils covered above with a callous prominent rim. 

 No naked fkin above the eyes ; but in many fpecies fur- 

 rounded with fmall warty excrefcences. 



Legs naked. Several fpecies furnifhed with fpurs behind* 

 Tail fhort. 



*With FOUR TOES. 



1. 



CAPE P. 



PlSCRJPTION. 



FlACI* 



Mr. Muf, 



CIZE of the Red Grous :. length nineteen. inches* Bill ftouc,. 

 of a reddifh pale horn-colour : plumage in general dufky afh- 

 colour, croifed with irregular curved grey lines : the head almoft 

 plain : on the bread the feathers are flriped down the middle 

 with white : the legs are red and flout ; an inch above the hind 

 claw is a fharp fpur, and, about an inch further up, the rudi- 

 ment of another : the claws are black. 



This inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, where it is called aPte- 



fani j and is mod likely the fpecies alluded to in Forfter's 



s Voyage* 



