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PERDIX RUBRA. THE RED PARTRIDGE. 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE. FRENCH PARTRIDGE. 



Fig. 47. 



Perdix Rufa, /?. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 647. 



Guernsey Partridge. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Perdrix Rouge. Perdix Rubra. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 485. 



Perdix Rubra. Red-Legged Partridge. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 172. 



The hill and feet bright red ; upper parts reddish brown tinged 

 with grey ; forehead ash-grey ; throat and cheeks white ; a black 

 band from the bill to the eye^ and thence down the neck^ becoming 

 broader on its fore part^ which is spotted icith the same colour ; 

 lower parts ash-grey and light red; sides transversely banded 

 with ash-grey^ ichite^ blacky and red ; tarsus of the male with a 

 large flat tubercle. 



Male. — This beautiful species is somewhat larger and more 

 robust than the Common Partridge, which it resembles in form 

 and proportions, the body being full, the neck rather short, the 

 bill stout, as are the feet. On the fore part of the tarsus are 

 two series of broad scales, each composed of twelve, and on its 

 hind part the scales are obliterated by a large oblong flattened 

 tubercle placed about the middle. On the first toe are five, on 



