4. CACCABI9. 121 



pi. iv. (1834) ; Webb c^ /?«•<//. Orn. Can. p. 29 (1836-44) [Tene- 

 i-itte, Gomera, Hierro] ; Gould, B. Europe, iv. pi. 261. fig. 1 [text] 

 (1837); Keys. Sr Bias. Wirhelth. Europa's, p. 201 (1840); Schinz, 

 Europ. Orn. i. p. 289 (1840) ; Malkerhe, Faun. Orn. Sicil. p. 154 

 (1843) ; Bickf. S,- Ro.-^s, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 66 ; Bec,l. Orn. Euro]). 

 ii. p. .",6 (1849) ; Bo/le, J.f. 0. 1855, p. 173 [not in Fuerteventura 

 t& Lanzarote] ; id. J.f. 0. 1857, p. 333 ; Linderm. Vog. Griechenl. 

 p. 123 (18G0) ; Sperlinq, Ibis, 1804, p. 285 ; De<jl. et Gerbe, Orn. 

 Europe, ii. p. 71 (18G7) ; Wright, Ibis, 1869, p. 253 [Malta?]; 

 Sutton, Ibis, 1870, p. 397 [Auckland, N. Zealand]; Homeyer, 

 J. f. 0. 1870, p. 228 ; Frifsch, Nat. Vog. Europa, p. 286 (1870), 

 pi. xxix. fig-. (1871) ; Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 219 [Canaries] ; 

 Brooke, Ibis, 187.3, p. 335 [Sardinia] ; Giqlioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 207 

 [Sardinia]; id. Avif. Ital. p. .340 (1880) ; id. Avif. Ital. i. p. 524 

 (1889), ii. p. 058 (1890), iii. p. 515 (1891). 



PerdLx barbara, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 208, pi. 94. fig. 2 

 (1791). 



Alectoris, Kaup (Perdix petrosa, Lath.), Nat. Syst. p. 180 (1829). 



Caccabia petrosa, Gi-ai/, List of B. pt. iii. Gali. p. 37 (1844) ; id. Gen. 

 ^.iii.p. 508 (1846)"; Salviii, Ibis, 18-59, p. 353 [E.Atlas] ; Tristr. 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 72 [S. of ^Nlzab Country, N. Sahara] ; Lilford,Ibis,l8CS, 

 p. 384 [Gibraltar, iutrod.] : Chambers, Ibis, 1867, p. 101 [Tripoli] ; 

 Drake, Ibis, 1867, p. 428 [Tangier vS: E. Morocco]; Taczan.J.f. O. 

 1870, p. 51 [Con.stantine, Algeria]; Saimders, Ibis, 1871, p. 223 

 [Murcia]; Gurney, Ibis, 1871, p. 296 [Oran] ; Lilford, Ibis, 1875, 

 pp. 9, 35 [San Antioco]; Dress. B. Europe, vii. p. Ill, pi. 471. 

 fig. 2 (1875) ; Irby, Orn. Gibraltar, p. 1.36 (1875) ; Dixon, Ibis, 

 1882. p. 577 [Constantine] ; Saund. ed. YnrrelFs Brit. B. iii. p. 121 

 (1882) ; Salvad. EL Ucc. Ital. p. 200 (1887) ; Koenig, J. f. 0. 1888, 

 p. 258 [Tunis] ; lieid, Ibis, 1888, pp. 75, 76 [Teneriffe] ; Waldo, 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 6 [Gomera] : Tristram, Ibis, 1889, p. 27 ; Koeiiic/, 

 J. f. O. 1890, p. 450; Waldo, Ibis, 1890. p. 436 [Lanzarote]; 

 Er'ans, Ibis, 1891, p. 76 ; Saunders, Ibis,im\, p. \m; Waldo, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 201 [Teneriffe, Gomera, Lanzarote]. 



Caccabis barbara, Sclat. P. Z. S. 18-59, p. 430. 



Caccabis (Alectoris) petrosa. Gray, List GaUinte Brit. Mus. p. 81 

 (1867) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 275 (1870). 



Adult male and female. Differ from C. sa.vatilis in having the 

 top of the head very dark chestnut ; the outer scapulars margined 

 with bright chestnut ; the ear-coverts dark chestnut ; the lores, 

 chin, throat, and sides of the face grey, like the superciliary stripes : 

 a dark chestnut band surrounding the sides and front of the neck, 

 and most of tlie feathers, especially on the sides, with a white 

 terminal spot ; the breast vinaceous, and the feathers of the sides 

 and flanks coloured as follows : — the basal part is grey, bounded by 

 a narrow black cross-bar ; the middle part is buff, shading into 

 white, and di^•idod from the terminal chestnut part by a second 

 narrow black band. The males arc provided with a pair of blunt 

 wart-like spurs. Iris brown. Bare skin round the eye, bill, and 

 legs red. 



Male. Total length 12"o inches, wing 6-5, tail 4*1, tarsus 1-8. 



Female. Total length 12'4 inches, wing O-l. tail 3'9, tarsus 1'7. 



JI((b. X.W. Africa, Gibraltar [introduced], Sardinia, Malta?; 

 Islands of Teneriffe, Gomera, Lanzarote. and Hierro, Canaries. 



