. Uccelli: Gli elementi di ornitologia . La quaglia californiana {Lophorti/x californicus), introdotta nel 1770, ha ottenuto una posizione di base nella maggior parte delle nostre contee orientali. Quel miniaturePartridge, la Quaglia (Coturnix communis), facilmente distinguibile dalle sue dimensioni più piccole, coda molto corta, e ali appuntite, è alsoa terra-uccello come la Partridge, anche se è ben capace offlight, come è dimostrato dalle moltitudini prodigiose che attraversa il Mediterraneo per una casa invernale in African.a. Delle Quaglie ci sono circa venti tipi, che vanno attraverso il mondo a sud delle regioni artiche. BI

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. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Californian Quail {Lophorti/x californicus). which was introduced in 1770, and has obtained a footholdin the greater part of our Eastern Counties. That miniaturePartridge, the Quail (Coturnix communis), easily distinguishedby its smaller size, very short tail, and pointed wings, is alsoa ground-bird like the Partridge, though it is well capable offlight, as is proved by the prodigious multitudes which crossthe Mediterranean for a winter home in Afric.a. Of Quails there are some twenty kinds, ranging through theOld World south of the Arctic regions. Birds nearly allied INTEODUCTION. 11 and often spoken of as Quails also exist in the New World, constituting some four-and-forty species, amongst which isthe handsome Californian Quail {Lophortyx califomicus), withits elegant nodding crest. There are some very small Game Birds called Hemipodes or Bustard Quails, which are very like Quails, though they Fig. 7.. ■^ The Black-breasted Hemipode {Tumix taigoor). can easily be distinguished from the latter by their not having-any hind toe. They are found from China to Australia, inIndia, Southern Europe, and in Africa. The Black-breastedHemipode (2{TOia; toig^oor) may serve as a type. The specieswhich inhabits Spain {T. sylvatica) has even strayed as far asEngland..Certain Birds known as Sand-grouse are so unlike trae ELEMENTS OE OENITHOLOGT. Grrouse that their English name is misleading. They constitute:the two genera termed Pterocles and Sytrhccptes. The one whichis found in Spain (Pterocles arenarius) may be considered thetype. These Birds are inhabitants of Asia and Africa, but onespecies, Pallass Sand-grouse (Syrrhaptes paradocms), sometimeB

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