ORTYX VIRGINIANUS.
Virginian Partridge.
S p e c if ic C haracter .
0 . pectore e t lateribus pallide castaneis, abdomine medio fulvescenti-albo, notis nigris crebris et
sagittiformibus ornato.
Male. —Forehead, line over the eye and chin pure white, bounded by a band o f black, which
descends and spreads broadly over the throat; crown o f the head, neck and upper part of
the breast reddish brown; sides o f 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 b uff; wings dusk y ; lower part
o f the breast and belly pale yellowish white, crossed with numerous arrowhead-shaped
marks o f 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, \ \ wing, 4• ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, 1a; middle toe and nail, 1a.
Tetrao Virginianus, Linn. Syst., vol. i. p. 277.— Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 76 1 .—Klein, Av., p. 115.
P e rd ix Americana, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. '¿SO.— lb . 8vo, tom. i. p. 64.
:____Virginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 650.:—Wils. Am. Orn., vol. vi. p. 21. pi. xlvii.
fig. g.—Bonap. Syn., p. 124.—Jard. Edit. Wils. Am. Orn., vol. ii. p. 223. pi. xlvii. fig. 2.
Coturnix Ludoviciana, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. 258. pi. xxii. fig. 2.
Atta g en Americanus, Frisch. Vog., tab. 113.
Coturnix Mexicana, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 653.
F e rd ix borealis, Temm. Pig. 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.
P e rd ix Marilanda, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 651.
L a F e rd r ix d ’Amerique, Buff. Ois., tom. ii. p. 399-
Virginian Partridge, Catesb. Car., vol. iii. tab. 12.— Lath. Syn., vol. iv. p. 777•
P e rd ix Novce-Anglice, Briss. Orn., tom. i. p. 229-— lb . 8vo, tom. i. p. 64. Klein, Av., p. 115.
Fe rd rix de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Buff. Ois., tom. ii. p. 447-
New En g la n d 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.
L e 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.
O rty x borealis, Steph. Cont. o f Shaw’s Gen. Zool., vol.-xi. p. 377*— Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn.,
vol. i. Gen. Ortyx.
Coturnix Virginiana, Bonnat. et Vieill. Ency. M&h. Orn., Part I. p. 219.
‘ Marilandica, Ib., p. 220.
—--------- - Mexicana, Ib., p. 223.
P e rd ix (O r ty x y Virginianus, Bonap. Syn., p. 124. [Virginian