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CRESTED COLIN. 



(Ortyx Temminkii.) 



Ok. cristata corpore suhtus, alho nigra rufoque maculato, medio 

 ventre rufo, fronte guttureque albescente-nifo, collo nigro ma- 

 culato. (Femina mutica ; corpore supra nigro maculato, sub' 

 tus nigro alboque Jasciato.) 



Crested Colin, with the body beneath spotted with white, black, 

 and rufous ; the middle of the belly rufous ; the forehead and 

 the throat whitish red ; the neck spotted with black. Fe-' 

 male without crest ; the body above spotted with black, be- 

 neath fasciated with black and white. 



Perdix cristata. Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 652. 30. — Temm. Gall. Ind. 

 p. 736. 



Tetrao cristatus. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 277. 18. — Gmel. Syst, 



Nat. 1. 765. 18. 

 Coturnix Mexicajia cristata. Briss. Orn. 1. 260. 21. pi. 15. f. 2. 

 Cotumix Indica, Quanhtzonecolin. Raii. Syn.p. 158. 

 Le Zonecolin. Buff. Ois. 2. 485. 



La Caille huppee du Mexique. Buff. Ft. Enl. Il6.y. 1. male, 

 Colin zonecolin. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 446. 

 Crested Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 784. 26. 



The male of this species is adorned with an 

 elongated narrow crest, of a fulvous colour : he is 

 in length seven inches : the beak is brown : the 

 forehead, the eyebrows, and the throat, are white, 

 slightly tinged with yellowish ; and on the lower 

 part of the throat with reddish, and all the feathers 

 edged with black: the feathers of the head and 

 occiput are black, edged with white and bright 

 red ; those of the nape and the sides of the neck 

 are white, with a black spot towards their tip : the 



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