these examples was owing to artificial introduction.' Unlike
the preceding species, thfc Barbary Partridge has failed to
maintain a footing in this country^ and itM is- therefore
omitted from the present Edition, the -late Mr. G-ould having
equally disallowed its claim. The figure of the bird is, however,
given below.
EvéiHess can ?ber;ufgeii In- favour .of, the 'insèrtion W .the
Virginian C o l in ; X0,rtyx: mrgi7iian^,'s)', - tboù s and s/ôf which
ha^êV bëéri’ brought over -from Uorffi Americaû dtffin*gh4he
present century, "and turned 'loose, • without having .succeeded
in permanently establishing themselves. This species' is
therefore omitted from the présent Editions r
CQM MOM 1 j§TJ AÎL. 123
G ALLINÆ. PHASIANIDÆ.
^ fediuRijix commuNis, Bonnaterr'e.*
THE COMMON IQjUAIL.
.jrQpturrpig vulg^KM^
GowRKTX,\Honificiteruf;—B,eak I strong,- shorten 'tlAn the-'head,- upper mandible
curved. Nostrils basal, lateral, half t ,glo|*e<h by -an-, arched membrane.
Wings moderate: the first quill the longest., Tarsi, unarmed. - Fe^t M?jthfora
toes, those anterior" ctmneotecT by- a membrane^ as far as tSe first Articulation.
Tail sboftp-iotinded, recumblhfoalrho’st ®uddeirsby< the- tail-coverts.
The Quail has generally „been eo^s|.derpd - us a summer-
visitor to. Great Britain; but so many instances haveJjedji
recordedf-jQf its occurrence in England, and particularly in
Ireland, as well as during the winter mon|hs} ias to make;
clear “that a portion of „-them J|p 3lQt ,rfeturn southward in
autumn. . Early in February, 1844, I bow ^six Quails a | >
* Tableau Encyplop^d. ;et jithhfiBlyi.'P* 2115? fofoc. eh. , r