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THE WHITE-SPOTTED ORTYGIS. 
OrtyffU Me^ffrcnii Temuimck. 
PLATE XXVII. 
White-spotted Turnii, Sffaimnn* ZooL lUutL^Ttimix 
Meiffeinii, Ti^mmim^k\ pU -50. 
These curious dtitiinntii'p Inuh flre found in Af- 
rica, India, and the warmer parts of New Holland. 
Few of them are so larire m the tommon quail, and 
several do not attain Imlf llii* size* The colours are 
Bomewhat Bimilar; bui m the fortn of tlie bod)" — 
tlie li^ngtli of uncovered above itie joint, form of 
tbe fool m wantini,' eritirtfly tbe hidlux — remiuda us 
of tiie true bustards. Tbey inbabit the barren Landcs, 
and the conBnes of the deserts, seldom taking^ 
wing except when preissed, and running with great 
swiftness. Tbey arft pufytijamous, nod it is one of 
these birds which are so nmcli used by tlie Malays, 
Javanese, and Chinese in quail-fighting, wliichiH car* 
ried to a much greatt-r excess than tfie same practices 
in the cock-pit. The species repreHfnted on the ac- 
companying plate exinbiisj the peiuliarity of form 
and lengtli of tegs. Tiie hird itsulf ie* scarcely larger 
than the 6gure, ihe upper parts delicately shaded 
with yellowiKh white, the foiver parts nearly pure 
white. By Mr Swainson it had been, (subsequently 
