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MALOUINE COLIN. 



(Ortyx Falkland ica.) 



Ok. mutica, corpore supra Juscescentej jugulo Jiavescente lunulis 



Jiiscisj pectore into abdomineque albis, 

 Crestless Colin, with the body above brownish ; the jugulum 



yellowish, with brown lunules j the lower part of the breast 



and the abdomen white. 

 Perdix Falklandica. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2' 653. 32. — Temm, GalL 



Ind.p.y^B, 



Tetrao Falklandicus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 762. 49- 

 La Caille des Isles Malouines. Buff. Ois. 2. A77.—Buff, PL 

 Enl. 222. 



Malouine Quail. LatK Gen, Syn. 4. 786. 28. 



This rare species is a native of the Falkland 

 Isles : it is about equal to the common Quail in 

 size and length : its beak is lead-colour : the upper 

 parts of the plumage are pale brown ; the middle 

 of the feather darker, and with two or three lunu- 

 lated lines of the same towards the tip : quills 

 dusky, edged with paler : sides of the head varied 

 with white : chin, fore-part of the neck, and 

 breast, brownish yellow, marked with spots and 

 curved lines of brown, but paler than the upper 

 parts : lower part of the breast, the belly, the 

 thighs, and the vent, are white : the tail brown, 

 barred with paler : the legs brown. 



