. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RDS. uix. Lath.) bare; the upper mniwliblo 111- point. Ni)«Tim-» bnnul, 1 iiieiiibriine. iinkeil, first iirticulation, hind toe Ills iiKurvfil, iicule. Htad puce rouiiU the eye. TuU of from Vi to 18 close feath- irora the male only by Boni« fixit year «imilar with the ei, migrate in others, and m climntea, in every quarter â¢m a conjugal union for life; ikes them uiiiler his charge, pproBching danger, or calls tliis miinner lliey dwell to- Df spring. The <^/n»7s of the 18, ond migrate ex
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RDS. uix. Lath.) bare; the upper mniwliblo 111- point. Ni)«Tim-» bnnul, 1 iiieiiibriine. iinkeil, first iirticulation, hind toe Ills iiKurvfil, iicule. Htad puce rouiiU the eye. TuU of from Vi to 18 close feath- irora the male only by Boni« fixit year «imilar with the ei, migrate in others, and m climntea, in every quarter â¢m a conjugal union for life; ikes them uiiiler his charge, pproBching danger, or calls tliis miinner lliey dwell to- Df spring. The <^/n»7s of the 18, ond migrate extensively, n fields and meadows, seek- icts, in the vicinity of man. 8, Buff. OiiTYX. Stfph.) ide; upper mandible curved lie eye. The tarsus destitute wings rounded; with Ihe 3d 2 featliers, longer than the iishes, sometimes roosting in md, both by night and day. charge of and protecting the until the time of pairing. â :he other subgenera have no. AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, on QUAIL. (Perdix virginiana, Lath. Wilson, vi. p. 21. pi. 47. fig. 2. [male], P. marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. (SI. [male.] P. merirana, IBID. p. 0.'.3. [young.] hi C'lille de la iMiiiaianr, Brisson, i. p! 858. pi. 22. fig. 2. BujFoN, Ornith. pi. enlum. pi. 14!). CoUnkui, ii. p. 485. nlmicvihic, Fernandez, Hist. Nov. Hispan. p. 19. cap. 25. CoturnicU simulacrum, Johnston, WiLLUGHsr, and Ray. Sp. Charact.'âWithout a crest; plumage cinnamon brown, varied with black and whitish; throat wliite, bounded with a black crescent; bill black ; the feet ash-colored. â Female, with the stripe over the eye and throat, pale yellowish-brown. Young, "or a while, without Ihe block 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 JahT/iica, where it has long been introduced and natu- ralized, the inhabitants distinguish it as the Partridge, an appellation sufficiently prevalent in
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