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PARTRIDGE. 



3 2 ' 



MADAGASCAR 

 Description. 



Place. 



La gf ande Caille de Madagafcar, Son. Vcy. Tad. vol. ii. p. 169. pi. 98. 



r P HIS is about double the fize of our Quail. The bill 

 black ; irides of a dirty yellow : top of the head, hind part, 

 of the neck, and back, brownifh rufous, ftreaked with yellowiih. 

 white lines on the top of the head: the back feathers have alfo, 

 the fame ftreaks, but crofted with tranfverfe black bands : on 

 each fide of the head are two white ftreaks, the fir ft above the 

 eye, defcending down the neck ; the other, from the gape, run- 

 ning nearly parallel ; between them grey : the throat is black : 

 above the breaft chefnut : the breaft and belly black, marked, 

 with round fpots of white : the feathers on the fides of the belly 

 are long and narrow, and hide both the belly and thighs ; thefe 

 are chefnut, with yellowifh white fhafts, bounded on each fids 

 with a black line : the lefTer wing coverts are pale rufous, ftreaked 

 with white, and croffed with irregular lines of black ; the others 

 are the fame, but crofted with yellowifh white; the fecond quills 

 black, marked with yellowifh bands, and have yellowifh white 

 fhafts ; the greater dirty brown : tail black, crofted with yel- 

 lowifh white ; the fhafts of this laft colour : legs pale rufous. 

 Inhabits Madagafcar., 



33- 

 GREY- 

 THROATED Q. 

 Description. 



La Caille brune de Madagafcar, Son. Voy. bid. vol. ii. p. 171.. 



C I Z E of our Quail. Bill black: irides yellow : top of the 

 head, and neck behind, black and rufous ; the black feathers 

 moft in number : throat pale dirty grey : fore part of the neck, 

 breaft, and belly, the fame, with two bands of black on each fea- 

 ther parallel to the margin all round : back, rump, wings, and 



tail, 



