C AC CAB IS 679 



949. RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 

 CACCABIS RUFA. 



Caccalls rufu (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 276 (1766) ; (Hewitson), i. p. 282, 

 pi. Ixxi. fig. 2 ; Dresser, vii. p. 103, pi. 471, fig. I ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 118 ; Saunders, p. 503 ; Lilford, iv. p. 120, 

 pi. 53 ; C. rubra (Temm.), Pig. and Gall. iii. p. 361 (1815) ; 

 (Naum.), vi. p. 563, Taf. 165, figs. 1, 2; (Gould), B. of E. iv. 

 pi. 260 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 14. 



Perdrix rouge, French ; Perdiz, Portug. and Span. ; Pernice, 

 Ital. ; Rothfeldhulm, German. 



ad. (England). Differs from C. saxatilis in having only the fore- 

 head and fore crown ash-grey, the hind crown, nape, hind neck, and upper 

 parts being reddish brown, the wing-coverts, lower back and scapulars 

 tinged with grey ; below the black band, which encloses the white throat, 

 the lower neck is greyish white, spotted and splashed with black ; the 

 four middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest deep fox-red. Culmen 0'75, 

 wing 6 4 0, tail 3'65, tarsus 1/7 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hal. Western and Southern Europe ; Britain (introduced) ; 

 Madeira, Azores, and Canaries ; Elba, Corsica, and the Balearic 

 Islands. 



Much more shy and restless than the common Partridge, it 

 frequents heavy soil and wild heaths, and as it runs before the 

 dogs was by no means a favourite with old-fashioned sportsmen. 

 It also sometimes perches on trees, and its cry is chuck, chuck, 

 chuck, her, kerr. Its nest is placed on the ground, and its eggs, 

 which are usually deposited in May, are yellowish buff or stone 

 buff, faintly spotted with rufous, or pale purplish pink, and 

 measure about 1*63 by T22. 



950. BARBARY PARTRIDGE. 

 CACCABIS PETROSA. 



Caccalls petrosa (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 758 (1788) ; (Gould), iv. pi. 261, 

 fig. 1 ; Dresser, vii. p. 11 1, pi. 471, fig. 2 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxii. p. 120. 



Pernice di Sardegna, Ital. ; El Hedjel, Moor. 



$ ad. (Sardinia). Differs from C. rufa in having the crown, nape, and 

 hind neck rich chestnut-red, the sides of the head above and below the eye 

 and the throat bluish ash ; the collar, which is broad on the sides and 



