146 BARBARY PARTRIDGE. 



BARBARY PARTRIDGE. 



PLATE CXLIII. FIGURE II. 



Perdix petrosa, LATHAM. 



r I ^HESE birds build in barren places and among 

 -*- 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. 



