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BARBARY PARTRIDGE. 



PLATE CXLTII. FIG. II. 



Perdix petrosa, LATHAM. 



THESE birds build in barren places and desert mountains, among 

 low bushes on the ground. 



The eggs are as many as fifteen, of a dull yellowish colour, thickly 

 dotted with greenish olive spots. 



The figure on the plate is from a drawing of an egg in Dr. 

 Pitman's collection. 



