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Letrao cinereus, L.5 Enl. 27; Feely 114; Naum. Ist Ed. pl. 
3, ft 3. (he Grey Partridge.) Beak and feet ash coloured; head 
fawn coloured; the plumage of various shades of grey; a maronne ° 
spot on the bréast of the male. This common bird, which con- 
stitutes so important an item in the luxuries of the tables of Eu- 
ropeans, lives and builds in their fields. 
Tetr. rufus, L.; Enl. 150. (The Red Partridge.) Beak and feet 
red; brown ators flanks speckled with red and cinereous; throat 
white, surrounded with black; prefers the hills and rising 
grounds. The flesh is white Si dry. The south of France 
produces \ : 
Perdiz greca, Briss.; Per. saxatilis, Meyer; La Bartavelle, 
En]. 231; Frisch. 116. Which only differs from the Red Par- 
tridge in its superior size and more ash coloured plumage. It” 
is found along the Brest mountain ranges.(1) . 
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Quails are smaller than Partridges, with a slenderer beak and 
shorter tail; no red eye-brow nor spurs. Every one knows 
ms Tetr ao coturniz, L.; Enl. 1703 Frisch, 117; Naum. 4, f. 4. 
(The Common Oeil.) Back brown, waved with black; a point- 
» ed white stripe on each feather; throat brown, eyebrows whitish; 
_ Found in the fields of Europe, and celebrated for its migrations; 
} during which this heavy bird finds means to cross the Mediter- 
“ranean. (2) The 
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| 8 Have a eater; shorter, and more convex beak; the tail i is some- 
what larger.(3) “They perch on bushes, and, when disturbed, even 
_on trees. .Several of them migrate like the Quails of Europe. 
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(1) Add the Red Partridge of Barbary, a very distinct species, ( Tetr. petrosus, 
Gm.) Edw., 70;—the Perdriz de montaigne, (Tetrao montanus), Enl. 136, Frisch. 
114, B, is only, according to Bonnelli,.a variety of the Grey Partridge;—the Per drix 
de haye, Tem. Col. 328 and 329; ;—-Perd. personata, Horsf. Jav. ;—Perd. a2 gorge 
rousse (Perd. gularis, T.);—Perd. oculea, Id. ;—Perd. fusca, Vieill. Gal. 212. 
(2) Add the petite Caille de la Chine (Tetr. chinensis, L.), Enl. 126, F, 2, of 
which the Ttér. manillensis, Gm., Sonner. Voy. I, pl. xxiv, is the female;—the 
Caille australe (Perd., australis, T.), Vieill., Galer. 215;—the Cuille nattée (Perd. 
textilis, Temm. ), Col. $5;—the Tetr. coromandelicus, Sonner-. I, 172;—T. striatus, 
Sonner., I, pl. xcxviii, and Temm. Col. 82, very different from that of Lath. Syn. 
Il, pl. lxvi;s—the Pedrix de gingi ( Tetr. gingieus), Sonner. II, p- 167, also appears 
to belong to this subgenus. ~ 
(3) Among the species, the size of the Partridge, we may remark the Tocro, or 
Perdrix de la Guiane, Buff. (Tetr. guyanensis, Gm.) or Perd. dentata, Tem. or 
