AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, or QUAIL. 
( Perdix mrginiana, Lath* Wilson, vi. p. 21. pi. 47. fig. 2. [male]. 
P. marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 651. [male.] P. mexicana , 
ibid. p. 653. [young.] La Caille de la Louisiane , Brisson, i. p. 
258. pi. 22. fig. 2. Buffon, Ornith. pi. enlum. pi. 149. Colenicui, 
ii. p. 485. Colenicuiltic , Fernandez, Hist. Nov. Hispan. p. 19. 
cap. 25. Coturnicis simulacrum , Johnston, Willughby, and 
Bay. 
Sp. Charact. — Without a crest ; plumage cinnamon brown, varied 
with black and whitish; throat white, bounded with a black 
crescent ; bill black ; the feet ash-colored. — Female , with the 
stripe over the eye and throat, pale yellowish-brown. Young , 
for a while, without the black on the throat. 
The Quail of America, exceedingly prolific, has ex- 
tended its colonies from the inclement coasts of New 
England to the mild latitudes of Mexico and Honduras. 
In Jamaica, where it has long been introduced and natu- 
ralized, the inhabitants distinguish it as the Partridge , 
an appellation sufficiently prevalent in various parts of the 
United States. At the north, the species is rarely seen 
to the extremity of New Hampshire ; and this limit, no 
