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THE PAINTED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdijf pictaJAnv. AND SELBY. 

 PLATE III. 



Perdix picta, Jardine and Selby^s Illustrations of Ornitho- 

 logy, vol. i. pi. 1. 



THIS very beautiful species, belonging to the 

 true partridges, is a native of the plains of India, 

 and of late years has not unfrequently been brought 

 in collections to this country ; yet, notwithstand- 

 ing, it is to be regretted that little is known of its 

 habits. The following is a description of the speci- 

 men from the neighbourhood of Bangalore, from 

 which the original of our plate was taken. The 

 crown is brown, with the margins of the feathers 

 yellowish-white; the face, region of the eyes and 

 auriculars, pale brownish-orange ; the hinder part 

 of the neck pale buff; the centre of each feather 

 black ; the front and sides of the neck white, spotted 

 with black ; the breast, belly, and flanks, beautifully 

 spotted with black and yellowish-white ; the ground 

 of each feather may be said to be black ; and on each 

 web there are two, and sometimes three, round spots 

 of yellowish -white, which leave, as it were, a bar 



