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THE SANGUINE PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix cruentatus TEMMINCK. 

 PLATE VII. 



Phasianus cruentatus, Trans, of Lin. Soc. vol. xiii. p. 237 

 Sanguine Pheasant, Lath. General History, p. 205. 

 Francolin ensanglante, Perdix cruentata, TemmincJc, PL 

 Coloriees, pi. 332. 



THIS bird has also been placed among the Fran- 

 colins, on account of the spurred tarsi, but it is pro- 

 bable it will stand ultimately as some subgenus, being 

 one of those birds which are almost neither one thing 

 nor another. It forms the connexion in some points 

 between the present family and the Pavonidee. The 

 remarkable parts of its structure are the lengthened 

 form of the feathers of the head and neck, the bril- 

 liant tints of the plumage, and, like the polyplectron, 

 having sometimes one, two, or three spurs upon the 

 tarsi, which are themselves more slender and length- 

 ened than those of most of the others. It inhabits 

 the upper parts of the unexplored districts of Nepaul, 

 and adds another to the many splendid and peculiar 

 gallinaceous birds, which are there so abundant. 



It was first described in the Transactions of the 



