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VERTEBRATA. 



WILLOW GROUSE. 



Genus SYRRIIAPTES : Si/rrhaptes. — Of this is »S^. paradoxus ; found in the steppes of Bok- 

 hara ; it has a short but rapid flight ; lays four or five eggs, and lives on grain and seeds. There 

 are several other foreign species in Africa and Asia, together with a family called Sand- Grouse, 

 ranged under the generic name of Pterocles ; two species of which, P. arenarius, and P. alchata, 

 are found in southern Europe. 





THE COMMON PAKTKIDGE OF EUROPE. 



PERDICINiE OR PARTRIDGES. 

 Under this head we shall notice several groups of birds, some belonging to the Eastern andi 

 some to the Western Hemisphere, which bear the general names of Parfridr/es and Quails, 

 though they comprise several distinct genera. ' ( 



