. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . te or often short, convex, robust; wings concave;tail very short, rounded as if graduated; tarsus wholly naked, scu-tellated with lozenge shaped scales, and provided very rarely with aspur; toes 4 or only 3. AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, OR QUAIL. 781 ORTYX. (Steph.) AMERICAN PARTRIDGES. The bill short, thick, higher than it is wide ; upper mandible curv-ed from the base; no naked space around the eye; nostrils basal,half closed by a membrane. The tarsus destitute of spur or tuberclein both sexes. Fore-toes united by a m
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . te or often short, convex, robust; wings concave;tail very short, rounded as if graduated; tarsus wholly naked, scu-tellated with lozenge shaped scales, and provided very rarely with aspur; toes 4 or only 3. AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, OR QUAIL. 781 ORTYX. (Steph.) AMERICAN PARTRIDGES. The bill short, thick, higher than it is wide ; upper mandible curv-ed from the base; no naked space around the eye; nostrils basal,half closed by a membrane. The tarsus destitute of spur or tuberclein both sexes. Fore-toes united by a membrane to the 1st articula-tion ; hind toe less than half the length of the inner; nails wings rounded ; with the 3d and 4th primaries longest. Tail of12 feathers, longer than the coverts. These birds alight on low trees or bushes, sometimes roosting inthem; but also dwell much on the ground, both by night and monogamous, the male taking charge of and protecting theyoung, which associate with the old until the time of pairing. Theseare peculiar to AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, or QUAIL. (Ortyx mrginuina, Bon vp. Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 273. pi. virginiana, Lath. Wilson, vi. p. 21. pi. 47. fig. 2. [male].P. marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. Col. [male] P. Manama, 7C3. [young.] LaCaillr. dc la Louisianc, Bmssov, i. p. 258. pi22. fig. 2. Bri-rev, Ornith. pi. cnlum. pi. 149. CohnicuL ii. p. 7*0 GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. Colcnicuiltic, Fernandez, Hist. Nov. Hispan. p. 19. cap. 25. Co-turnicis simulacrum, Johnston, Willlghby, and Ray.) Spec. Charact. — Without a crest; plumage cinnamon brown, vari-ed with black and whitish ; throat white, bounded with a black cre-scent ; bill black ; the feet ash-colored. — Female, with the stripeover the eye and throat, pale yellowish-brown. Young for awhilewithout the black on the throat. The Partriage of America, exceedingly prolific, has ex-tended its colonies from the inclement coasts of
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