GA LLINjE. 



COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



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 PITASIANlDJi. 



Pekdix cinerea, Latham,* 

 THE COMMON PARTRIDGE. 

 Perdix cinerea. 



Perdix, Brisson-'c. — Bill short, strong, naked at the base ; upper mandible 

 convex, deflected towards the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, the orifice partly 

 concealed by an arched naked scale. Wings short, concave, rounded in form ; 

 the first three feathers shorter than the foiirth or fifth, which are the longest in 

 the wing. Tail, of eighteen feathers, short, rounded. Feet, with three toes in 

 front, and one behind, those in front united by a membrane as far as the 

 first articulation. 



The enlarged demands of an increasing population, tempt- 

 ing prices in seasons of scarcity, or the progress of science 



* Ind. Orn., ii. p. 645 (1790, ex. Brisson). 

 t Ornithologie, i. p. 219 (1760). 

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