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Red-leg, considerably the largest species of the group. Lieut. 

 Barnes, writing from Aden, says that it " is common in the 

 ravines at the base of the hills, some distance inland. They 

 also frequent the clayey cliffs along the river banks, especially 

 near pools of water, the river-bed being generally dry." 



THE SEESEE PARTRIDGES. GENUS AMMOPERDIX. 



Animoperdix^ Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. i (part iii. ; 185 1). 

 Type, A, bonhami (Fraser). 



The feathers on the feet scarcely extending below the tarsal 

 joint ; tail composed of twelve feathers^ somewhat rounded, but 

 the feathers sub-equal, and about half the length of the wing ; 

 first flight-feather about equal to the sixth, and not much shorter 

 than the third and longest; bill yellowish; no space behind the 

 eye or on the cheeks ; throat covered with feathers ; flanks of 

 the male longitudinally barred^ in marked contrast to the rest 

 of the plumage of the under-parts. Sexes differe?it. No trace 

 of spurs in either sex. 



Only two rather small species are known. 



I. BONHAM's SEESEE PARTRIDGE. AMiMOPERDIX BONHAMI. 



Perdix bonhami^ Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, P- 7o- 



Caccabis bonhami, Fraser, Zool. Typ. pt. 3, pi. 61 (1849). 



Perdix griseogularis, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. i. p. 365 



(1843)- 



Aninioperdix bonhami, Gould, B. Asia, vii.pl. i (1851); Hume 



and Marshall, Game Birds of India, ii. p. 45, pi. (1879) ; 



Dresser, B. Europe, vii. p. 117, pi. 472 (1880) ; Gates, ed. 



Hume's Nests and Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 433 (1890) ; Ogilvie- 



Grant, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xxii. p. 123 (1893). 



Adult Male. — General colour isabelline ; a black band across 



the forehead, continued backwards in eyebrow stripes ; chin 



whitish; cheeks, throat, and front of neck grey ; flank-feathers 



vinaceous and chestnut, margined on either side with black. 



Total length, 9*5 inches; wing, 5-2 ; tail^ 2*4; tarsus, V2. 



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