THE ROCK-PARTRIDGES. 



THE Rock-Partridges, of which there is 

 only one representative in India, are 

 small birds of a sandy colour, assimilating 

 well with the rocky ground and sandy 

 wastes they frequent. The sexes differ 

 in colour, and the male bird has the sides 

 of the body prettily banded with black 

 and chestnut. The tail is short, slightly 

 rounded, and composed of only 12 

 feathers. There is no spur or knob on 

 the leg of either the male or the female. 

 The bars on the outer webs only of the 

 quills of the wing, and the chestnut tail, 

 are characters which will serve to distin- 

 guish this from all other Indian Partridges. 

 A second species of this group, A. 

 heyi, inhabits a considerable tract of 

 country east and west of the Red Sea, 

 extending on one side to the Persian 

 Gulf. The male of this species differs 

 from the male of the Seesee-Partridge 

 in wanting the black forehead and the 

 black streak over the eye. The females 

 of the two species are quite alike. 

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