. A general history of birds . paleyellow; greater quills, tail, and legs, as in the other. Inhabits India, and called Rock Pigeon, from its frequentingrocky situations. 77.—GIBRALTAR QUAIL. Perdix Gibraltarica, Ind. Or7i.\\. G56. Hemipodius lunatus, Turnix a croissants, Tern. Man. 315. Id. Ed. 2d. v. iii. p. 49(5. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. Gibraltaricus, \. Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 790. LENGTH six inches and a half Bill black; irides white;crown chestnut brown, fringed with white ; back the same, barredwith black; wing coverts rusty brown, in the middle of each a
. A general history of birds . paleyellow; greater quills, tail, and legs, as in the other. Inhabits India, and called Rock Pigeon, from its frequentingrocky situations. 77.—GIBRALTAR QUAIL. Perdix Gibraltarica, Ind. Or7i.\\. G56. Hemipodius lunatus, Turnix a croissants, Tern. Man. 315. Id. Ed. 2d. v. iii. p. 49(5. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. Gibraltaricus, \. Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 790. LENGTH six inches and a half Bill black; irides white;crown chestnut brown, fringed with white ; back the same, barredwith black; wing coverts rusty brown, in the middle of each a blackspot, surrounded with white, which also ends the feathers; chin andthroat barred black and dusky white; breast white, with a crescentof black on each feather, but down the middle pale rust-colour;there is likewise a mixture of this last with the black; belly, sides,and vent, paler, inclining to yellow; quills and tail dusky, the lastshort, striated with rufous brown and black ; fringed with white;legs pale. PL. t_y^?t(/</U/^<t-/U // .—//<r// f J PARTRIDGE. 337 Inhabits Gibraltar. But the Quail, which appears to be thesame, has been thus described to me by Mr. White. Length the same. Bill pale ; irides white, or light pearl-colour;front, cheeks, and throat, pale brown, elegantly mottled with black;crown of the head black, with a small mixture of orange; back partof the neck orange, with a small mixture of black ; from the throatto the breast a broad perpendicular streak of bright orange ; theback very dark brown, clouded with orange; tail the same, com-posed of very soft featliers, and running to a point in the middle;quills and secondaries plain dusky brown ; the coverts black, withmuch light brown, and orange mixed; legs flesh-colour; toes strong,and scaly, as in the domestic Fowls, the middle claw sharp-edged,on the interior side. This, according to Mr. White, is in no small plenty in all theenvirons of the Garrison of Gibraltar, but not upon any p
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