GEOPHAPS SCRIPTA.
Partridge Bronze-wing.
iMlwmla impia and in Linn Trans , voLian-.;pia27 — Steph. Cont: of Shaw’s Gen. ZooL,
Jt<1 Geopimps scripta, GonldinProc of ZooKSoc^Pdiiuaiy 8 1842*^rG H Gray, Appendix to Gen: of Birds, p. 12.
'1 in'. I’l^euii li ii more rhmt’unim mv>ej urn to the iltuitieiji li itli of tile ornithologist and tlie epicure, since
to" tin ((mL inti it -t Ijpv il e tamjjle o£ a minor group of tile Columbidte, whose habits
irijft erypp^culi ir end to tlie si i ond.cu, cj^mnsr doluati 1 mud for the-table. It is, unquestion-
ably, the best bird 1 n t '- n h i l e ^ f e t^ ^ ^ n i f l iB K ^ o ii i i i ie in P * iomj'to none in any other part of
the' wurld-StiiSuaUllnof it~ ili:'h^^^iiiperLeiritMMfci'i1^ ^ ! ^ ^ 11 Br«iv/.C-wing, that the latter cannot
for a inomenttB n uilin • i n i p i n J ^ g B a i «toimth«. Wonga-wongaPigeon,.poth#fflpstejcellentbird
J i;,r t r 4 W ^ U ^ C T . i d . . m |a n f f n ^ ruj^lod iie^wht,p.|inw..mJ delicately llayoured, while in the
^ .om m n ^ riro n rt^ u ig tlu It is to be,regrettS^ a y < b i r d possessing subh high
^pfelltu nil in JO a ilemyi iite ^ h e pi uas of;.tjh|-interior that it is
^ ^ n iah le to ft * e\icp'Sj,MUra'vell. i^ rtin g e te is t^ ip o r tv n a ii, no ol her bird not strictly
loTlMurtoiis edhrtn^ o ^ l e ^ n r j ^ rM r p ^ ^ h e . irn'lnbttjiif the gi nus l'n d ix (Partridges) in many of
« ...... 1111' ^ ^ o e s tin '1’ irJLruku | ft;on,/tj in i^ *_mil l"i oneeiyi 1,1 tance is the, theory
I f l p ’hTr-amirngm ^ ^ mo r^Trihin gly ho rue o u u ^ n in the dose resem.
b lsn ie (if'rl^ im in h eritp p iiiirn ro u p ^ llB itMif i^e'gemiii/Vrrfi^,,
tbt ƒ ground* it lii^ ^m h fliH lii f iri ‘ PartndgeVthat ft niigfit readily hetW
5S ^ riniT^obiirvi'il it'm p i j ^ ^M n o r i Irequiurli_imgnali*t.iiM>s ot fiom four t o j j ^ f
approached, inste itl t) lw fcghr,* r i ^W rapidity in an
opposite ebtietioA'KMfcmn foil il..«-if m rb&lon^ l w L v ji<jyi!‘IJIIIinir: aDy scantyihefgpge that appeared
t o . S i n least i l i j ^ ? . It'll a i t g / i o n u - n e ly I m'truiuCnfekdh d hy tl.eiBajipeltwirh^
h™; teams. The cotom-mg of'tbfes birdim$>‘-
lates so ^ , - f f i n 'l - H f h th.JgSand’or-laoMi. rl.jgi ,'T ^ 7 aheOl'^ ii^h i;tll d.iwn tor ah.eltar u is uotiegdyto
be seen, a m F # i wnToti^ l i m ! w 5 ^ ^ d .li.ii u p o n ^ r ^ ^ T e t f r e m e rapidity, making aloud -
jSSB-me iioi--i f t i lh S K ^ ^ S a n d g i m ,l,lVil) n"~ -t v> u“,t,,,r I»rt of the
l a djhr k.o to thl ■litirironral-i^reh nl^i la r,r imfo n asliKh ’iljinmidiiml}-ajiiii de vn igir^Sflat,'1 in the
same l i n e ^ t h llmifi?Soh;I.oi.mwIIu lp iM .® ;* ''n u n off' lh e shortness of its
wings g i S S q ^ ^ tW S e a r a i . nl»j> lJStr.e^< | | H | U * W H fll< a” 0*-hke
due ctionJt its emus* t..;tKe mut - l e-kimnuiiLl motion of the wmgs before alighting.
■ B— point to tin f f e c ol^N. " South | ' H » I ’g® * » “ bird was the Iaveipool
Pleuns from-whence t&as tar 1 1 p rmWed on the I S B B B B appeared to g re a s e . 1 have
also heard from o t f e tW p lW t ® is equally » . > « all the mil banks < ^% |> e r s between
N e | . f l ^ % f ] ^ i aa d ite< ltd rta !^ ^ f e lAil5traUa h a v e ^ e v e g y e tm ^ e rv e d ||^ collections either
from the northern or western portions o | thg:cpiitinent.
T h e e g g s are two i ^ n ^ S w i d ^ e dendsited~Q^ ^ ^ » f e # h o u t ^ n e s C j , The young both
1 Hi strongly when M ^ e t m l ^ g r p as M M j a i M a a B H a m i i i 0De
which rose before m e j Jm ta tw h 'i Ui^J-had ■ | | Q { W | H couoption until I picked it up.
Ito speaking of this » a s an — M plains, I must tha| ]t was 6 r K
abundant on such as were i X ^ e ^ y i i v m p n d 'w u t e . h o t e a f ^ t , agoud supply m M M
_ essential to its.e?iBtence, .T te ;j* |ffo p dA the eeeds-ofvarious, grasses and-other small plants, to which
are added at some seasons insects and berries. , -
Head, all the upper surface a n d ^ ^ i g l ^ » t ^ ^ # f ‘l f t te d ^ W jM &
the primaries being much p a t e ^ j g outer w ^ o f s ^ w M ^ t e r coverfs with a speculum of
greenish purple obscured, barred with. a ' d a r k e ® 3 S n d , thro.u, a broad atape ftom the lower
mandible to beneath the eye, a n o | ^ | ■ ■ ■ ■ M B I B
and a spot on the s i d J l % ’Mck b em ^ je t-h l^ , th? latter colour s ^ -
M eye, H I ■ g B H H 1 jPM y m b w i m I
wliitfi; all but the two-WItre tail-feathers ^ i s h ^ at the b^ e and “ Ppe.d t
black- hides black; naked s k m f e p itc f e g 'tb e e y « b lead-colour ^ . c o r n e r s nnmedmtely before
' and bebia tthe . eye nx^ty ■vin n n h ^ tf-r'&er PW ^ B F l lW W4
The figures are ^iig'SStnraPsize.