RED-TIIROATED PARTRIDGE. 



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the head and the top of the neck of an olive-brown : 

 beneath the eyes a patch of white, and anotlier of 

 the same above : the throat is of a fine ferruginous 

 red : the feathers of the breast and the belly with 

 a broad white stripe following the direction of the 

 shaft ; this is bordered, and the rest of the feather 

 is olive-brown : the abdomen is covered with a 

 soft down of a reddish white colour : the wings, 

 the back, and the rump, are of a brown hue, with 

 the shafts of each feather white, and the webs on 

 each side have three or four yellowish white 

 transverse bands, edged with a narrow black line : 

 the greater quills are red at the base and grey at 

 their tips : the middle quills are red on the inner, 

 and brown, transversely striped with red, on their 

 outer webs ; their shafts are reddish, and those of 

 the greater quills white : the tail is of a deep red, 

 the lateral feathers with a narrow reddish white 

 band towards their tips ; the two middle feathers 

 are similar in colour to the upper parts of the body, 

 and transversely barred with bright red : the feet 

 are red: the claws are brown, and the beak is 

 black. Found in the vicinity of Calcutta. 



