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RED CRYPTONYX. 



(Cryptonyx rufus.) 



Cr. corporis lateribusrufo'Jlavescentihus ; corporefuscescente-rufo 

 transversim undulato, tectricibus alarum Jlavescentibus rufo-ter- 

 minatis ; subtus pallidiore ; temporibus guldque plumis tectis. 



Cryptonyx with the sides of the body reddish yellow ; the body 

 fuscous red, transversely undulated; the wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish, terminated by rufous 5 beneath paler ; the temples 

 and throat covered with feathers. 



Cryptonyx rufus. Temm. Gall. Ind, 747* 



Perdix Cambaiensis. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 655. 44. 



Cryptonyx roux. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 534. 



Cambaian Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 282. 



This species is a native of Guzurat in the East 

 Indies : the male only is known : it is six inches 

 in length : its beak is short, and higher than 

 broad : the general colour of its plumage is of a 

 reddish yellow : the whole of the upper parts are 

 red, transversely striped with zigzag lines of red- 

 dish brown : the tail-feathers and the quills are 

 also varied with similar lines ; but the coverts are 

 tipped with plain reddish yellow^, producing two 

 broad transverse sti^ipes of that colour on the 

 wings : the cheeks, the sides and fore-part of the 

 neck, the breast, and the belly, are of a clear red- 

 dish yellow, each feather being edged with a paler 

 tinge : the base of the beak is yellow, and the 

 point brown : the feet are yellow. 



