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CaccaUs riifa, the Red-legged Partridge of France and Western 

 Europe, has been partly naturalized in England, and drives away 

 the common Partridge. C petrosa has been unnecessarily separated 

 by Kaup as Alectoris. 



Close to the red-legged Partridges come the Sand-partridges. 



Gen. Ammoperdix. 



Char. — Of small size ; bill somewhat lengthened, red ; wings 

 long ; tarsus wholly devoid of a spur or even of a knob. Other- 

 wise as in Caccabis. 



The Sand-partridges may be said to be simply dwarf Chukors, 

 to which they are allied in color, habits, and geographical distribu- 

 tion. Only two species are known, both found in Western Asia, 

 one of "which extends into the North-western limits of our region. 



821. Ammoperdix Bonhami, Gray. 



Perdix, apud Gray, P. Z. S., — Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. III., 

 pi. 4 — figured Beng. Sport. Mag. 1843 — P. griseogularis, Brandt. 

 — Sisi, II. in the Punjab. 



The Seesee Partridge. 



Descr. — Male, above pale Isabella brownish, finely freckled 

 with dusky ; the crown of the head and cheeks grey ; forehead 

 and a narrow^ line over the eye black ; lores and ear-coverts silky 

 white, rufous posteriorly ; beneath this a narrow black line ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts much speckled with black ; primaries dusky 

 within, Isabella brown on the outer webs, with dusky pencillings, 

 and all but the first, barred on their outer webs Avith whitish ; 

 tail chesnut brown, paler at the tip, and freckled with black ; 

 beneath, the throat is greyish white, the breast delicate grey, and 

 the sides of the neck grey with numerous white spots, and a few 

 black specks ; breast pale rufous isabelline or vinaceous ; the fea- 

 thers of the flanks whitish tinged with vinaceous, and dashed 

 with rufous and dark brown ; lower tail-coverts pale chesnut. 



Bill fleshy, (brownish yellow according to Adams) ; irides hazel 

 brown ; legs and feet olive yellow. Lengtli 10 inches ; Aving 5 ; 

 tail 2^ ; tarsus 1^ ; bill at front f . 



The female differs, accordino- to Gould, in havino; the black 

 markings of the head replaced by freckled black and white ; the 



