AWDAILITBIAJ^ f f l M f f . .
Fiemipo duis tachydxonvus; iJinvnu)
| | | C<r“ ' Seak sieuder* | f l f § f «ry con.preg^i; culm® «fe^d mr| CMrTed
toward* lb. p o in t N o s tr il, b rten*. W - ii r , lon g itu d in ally cb-tt, b y u naked
" " Db" ne- Tmsi $ $ $ ‘“ ff Tm , three b efore, ¿ ,& ,E < JvilW. *
" Tf « S I S f « o t a to w d tog e th e r , ##d » ncealed b y £ , f o r tW ,
« the back. Wmgs moderate, the first quili-feather th e loomwt.
A N D A. L ¥ S I A N T U R N I X ,
; | f^ ! fP . *r-— ® stthahicasfi* o f the {«t^uMHT I
1 1 | | | have been d im m e d ' in t\& wKilbfieei parte ht fiBefe J
WrBfldly that the northern portions o f Africa are the*- trae habitat -mrn-nftijiirnt
§ jf | islands o f die Mediterranean are among the utmost Uraj*» o f its
ffltti the t rn e ^ iK ^ ^ ^ w r » ^ ) , in the total tibsence o f the hind toe, j j | | ¡y
icir hills: they are the most diminutive birds o f the gallinaceous tribe, being
OM World ;
I' uumhefi a-'
' eulin” lck states-that tl»i*v are polygamous, and that they give
» consist
d. ¡They differ
sk’ficfer form of -
more than half the >bc of
preference to sterile
which they,run with surprising quickness; V a l s S a t e ?
^ . or in bevies as u the case with the Quaih .Their food is
Jt is very difficult to distingaish them by their plumage. Col. Sykes
which he observed in the ibukhun, via. Hem. jk ig m v , . Temro., [Hern.
’* K § t § *x;re either siilita^l|tr in pairs, and mostly found in ¡>.d : md
s|S!Cie-,jj ‘'d t^ p a te thick grass, and: sits .«?• ohfee as to
ip w ," a!wl its so abrupt and short, that, „«r p * i.;«u
b «d whicfa..Afspctit.'i We doubt m s tbn
i p l l
i'he top |
on the <ddes
officii brow
ikc^pying the
brown with ...... I I
eaeb foiwdriir being finely marsri
the inner w e b primaries ashy
. Hie Plate represents a male
d’ .;redip'
r tii y i l i i i
nd fenaak* IfiS®
I p white; the upper surface is dark
•ansversely rilled with lines o f brown and chestont,
'thVwiag yehiJW with a sj>ot o f reddish elmfitoy-« on
leredlwitk f i l l s ' > bill and legs greyish flesh colour.