330 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Alectoris rufa rufa (L.). Red-legged Partridge. 

 Fr. Perdiix rouge ; Gc7'. Rotfeldhuhn ; Ital. Pernice. 



(^ 9 Upper parts olive brown ; forecrown grey, crown and 

 hind neck red brown ; beneath, throat white with a black gorget 

 extending through eyes to lores, chest reddish buff, spotted 

 black, breast blue grey, abdomen cinnamon, flanks barred grey 

 (base), white, black, chestnut. Bill, legs, feet, and skin round eye 

 red. Wing $ 157-168, 9 150-162 (H.). Tarsus 40-44. Bill 15. 



Resident. — S. and C. France, N. Italy, Switzerland, Elba, 

 Britain (introduced 1770), rare in N. France, Holland, Belgium, 

 Luxemburg. Birds from Balearic Islands appear to belong to 

 this form. 



A. rufa corsa (Parrot). A doubtful form, said to be smaller. 

 Wing $ 158, ? 142-155 (H.). 

 Resident. — Corsica. 



A. rufa hispanica (Seoane). Forehead dark slaty grey ; 

 occiput, nape, and upper back darker brown than in "rufa"; 

 lower back and rump reddish olive-brown. Bill stronger. 



Resident. — N. and N.W. Spain and N. Portugal, possibly south 

 to Sierras Guadarrama and de Gata ; Madeira ("maderensis " 

 Tschusi) and Azores, possibly introduced. 



A. rufa intercedens (Brehm). Forehead lighter grey than in 

 " rufa " ; red on occiput and neck lighter, back and rump greyer. 



Resident. — S. Spain, north to Madrid and Zaragossa, also 

 S. Portugal. 



A. rufa australis (Tristram). Bill much larger than in 

 '*rufa" or " intercedens," back and upper tail coverts greyer as in 

 " intercedens." 



Resident. — Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). 



Ammoperdix. 



Sexes different ; no spurs on tarsus ; small Partridges fre- 

 quenting low hills in rocky districts and uncultivated regions ; 

 eggs in depression among stones, uniform stone isabelline. 



Ammoperdix heyi nicolli Hartert. See-See Partridge. 



^ Vinous isabelline distinctly barred dark grey on wings and 



rump, and faintly on upper tail coverts ; crown with lilac tinge ; 



