ORTYX VIRGINIANUS. 
Virginian Partridge. 
Specific Character. 
C. pectore et lateribus pallide castaneis, abdomine mediofulvescenti-albo, notis nigris crebris et 
sagittiformibus ornato. 
Male. —Forehead, line over the eye and chin pure white, bounded by a band of black, which 
descends and spreads broadly over the throat; crown of the head, neck and upper part of 
the breast reddish brown; sides of the neck spotted with white and black on a reddish 
brown ground ; back, scapularies and lesser wing-coverts reddish brown, intermingled 
with ash and freckled with black; tertiaries edged with buff; wings dusky ; lower part 
of the breast and belly pale yellowish white, crossed with numerous arrowhead-shaped 
marks of black; tail ash-colour, freckled with reddish brown ; bill black; irides dark 
hazel; legs very pale ash. 
Female. —Similar in colour but less brilliant, and with the forehead, line over the eye and chin 
yellowish brown instead of white. 
Total length, 9 inches; bill, a; wing, 4i ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, 1a; middle toe and nail, 1a. 
Tetrao Virginianus , Linn. Syst., vol. i. p. 277-—Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 761.—Klein, Av., p. 115. 
Perdix Americana, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. 230.—lb. 8vo, tom. i. p. 64. 
- Virginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 650.—Wils. Am. Orn., vol. vi. p. 21. pi. xlvii. 
fig. 2.—Bonap. Syn., p. 124.—Jard. Edit. Wils. Am. Orn., vol. ii. p. 223.pl. xlvii. fig. 2. 
Coturnix Ludoviciana, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. 258. pi. xxii. fig. 2. 
Attagen Americanus, Frisch. Vog., tab. 113. 
Coturnix Mexicana, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 653. 
Perdix borealis, Temm. Fig. et Gall., pp. 436 and 735.—Vieill. Gal. des Ois., tom. ii. p. 44. 
pi. 214. 
Tetrao Marilandus, Linn. Syst., vol. i. p. 277-—Gmel. Syst,, vol. i. p. 761. 
Perdix Marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn.j vol. ii. p. 651. 
La Perdrix dAmerique, Buff. Ois., tom. ii. p. 399- 
Virginian Partridge, Catesb. Car., vol. iii. tab. 12.—Lath. Syn., vol. iv. p. 777- 
Perdix Novce-Anglice, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. 229.—Ib. 8vo, tom. i. p. 64.—Klein, Av., p. 115. 
Perdrix de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Buff. Ois., tom. ii. p. 447- 
New England Partridge, Albin, vol. i. t. 28. 
Maryland Partridge, Penn. Arct. Zool., vol. ii. p. 318. no. 185.—Lath. Syn., vol. iv. p. 778. 
—Ib. Gen. Hist., vol. viii. p. 324. 
Tetrao Mexicanus, Linn. Syst., vol. i. p. 277-—Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 762. 
Le Colenicui, Buff. PI. Enl., 149-—Ib. Ois., tom. ii. p. 487. 
Louisiana Quail, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. iv. p. 785.—Ib. Gen. Hist., vol. viii. p. 326. 
Ortyx borealis, Steph. Cont. of Shaw’s Gen. Zook, vol. xi. p. 377.—Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., 
vol. i. Gen. Ortyx. 
Coturnix Virginiana, Bonnat. et Vieill. Ency. M&th. Orn., Part I. p. 219. 
- Marilandica, Ib., p. 220. 
- Mexicana, Ib., p. 223. 
Perdix (Ortyx') Virginianus, Bonap. Syn., p. 124. 
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