COMMON PARTRIDGE. 383 



RA SORES. TETRA ONID^E. 



L 



THE COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix cinerea. 



Perdix cinerea, Common Partridge, 



Tetrao perdix, 

 Perdix cinerea, 



The 



Common 



Perdrix grise, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 363. 



MONTAGU, Omith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit Birds, vol. i. p. 358. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 14. 



SELBT, Brit. Omith. vol. i. p. 433. 



JEXYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 172. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 488. 



PERDIX. Generic CJiaracters. Bill short, strong, naked at the base; 

 upper mandible convex, deflected towards the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, 

 the orifice partly concealed by an arched naked scale. Wings short, con- 



