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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. 



Ammoperdix, 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 different. No trace 

 of spurs in either sex. 



Only two rather small species are known. 



I. BONHAM'S SEESEE PARTRIDGE. AMMOPERDIX BONHAMI. 



Perdix bonhami, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 70. 



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



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



(1843)- 



Ammoperdix bonhami, Gould, B. Asia, vii.pl. 1 (185 1); Hume 



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



Dresser, B. Europe, vii. p. 117, pi. 472 (1880) ; Oates, 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, 1*2. 



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