THE CHUKAR PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix chukar. LATHAM. 

 PLATE V. 



Perdix chukar, Gould's Century, vol. Ixxi. Gray's Illus- 

 trations of Indian Zoology. 



THE general colour of the upper plumage is ash- 

 grey, tinged with a shade of purple, particularly 

 across the centre of the back ; a deep black line passes 

 across the forehead through the eyes, and extends 

 downwards in a crescent form upon the sides of 

 the neck and chest, the throat, and inside of the 

 circle, being pale yellowish-white. The breast is 

 nearly of the same colour with the centre of the 

 back, but paler, and the rest of the lower parts 

 are of a dull yellow. The conspicuous barring on 

 the sides is alternately yellowish-white, chestnut, and 

 black. 



We are indebted to Mr Gould for the use of his 

 illustration, taken from a Himalayan specimen. That 

 gentleman also tells us that specimens are alive in 

 the Zoological Garden, where they have the same 

 pugnacious and irritable temper of the Common Red- 



