370 



R A SO RES. 



TETRAONID.E. 



TETRAON1DM. 



THE COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix cinerea. 



Perdix cinerea, Common Partridge, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 363. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Tetrao perdix, The 



Perdix cinerea^ 



Common 



Perdrix grise, 



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



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 44. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 433. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 172, 



Go ULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxi. 



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



PERDIX. Generic Characters. 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, concave, rounded in 



