Partridge. RASORES. PERDIX. 433 



properly separated the different species that compose it from 

 the genus Tetrao, in which it had been left by Linn^us, 

 Gmelin, and others. Most of the species are natives of the 

 temperate and warmer climates, and in some countries they 

 are sedentary, in others regularly migratory. Most of the 

 birds of this genus pair, and the male assists his mate in the 

 care and protection of the brood, which continue united till 

 the following spring. They inhabit cultivated countries, 

 feeding upon grain, seeds, bulbous roots, and insects. Their 

 moult is simple, but the males may generally be distinguish- 

 ed by a superior richness of plumage. 



In the British Fauna, we reckon but two species of this 

 genus, the Common or Cinereous Partridge, belonging to 

 Temminck's second section ; and the Common Quail, in- 

 cluded in the fourth. 



COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix cinerea, Lath. 



PLATE LXI. 



Perdix cinerea, Lath. Ind. Omith. v. 2. p. 645. sp. 9. 



Tetrao Perdix, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 276. 13 — Faun. Suec. No. 205. — Gmel. 



Syst. 1. p. 757. sp. 13. 

 Perdix cinerea, Ran Syn. 57- A. 2 — Will. 118. t. 28 — Briss. 1. 219. 1. 

 Perdix montana. Lath. Ind. Omith. v. 2. p. 646. sp. 11. \ 

 Tetrao montanus, Gmel. Syst. p. 788. sp. 33. f Local 

 Perdix Damascena, Lath. Ind. Omith. v. 2. p. 646. sp. JO. r varieties. 

 Tetrao Damascena, Gmel. Syst. p. 758. J 

 La Perdrix Grise, Buff. Ois'. r.2. p. 401 — U. PL EnL 27. female Temm. 



Pig. et Gall. v. 3. p. 378— /rf. Man. d'Ornith. v. 2. p. 488. 

 La Petite Perdrix, Buff. Ois. v. 2. p. 417. 

 Perdrix de Montague, Buff\ Ois. v. 2. p. 419— /d PI. Enl. 136. a local 



variety. 

 Gememes oder Graues Feldhuhn. Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 1361 



Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 303 — Frisch. Vog. t. 114. male, t. 114. 



B. red variety, and t. 115. white or cream-coloured variety. 

 Common Partridge, Br. Zool. 1. No. 96 — Arct. Zool. 2. p. 319. A.— 



Will. Angl. p. 166. t. 28 — Albin. 1. t. 27 — Lath. Syn. 4. p. 762. 8 



Mo7it. Ornith. Diet — Id. Supp — Lewin's Br. Birds, 4. t. 136 Wale. 



Syn. 2. t. 184 — Ptilt. Cat. Dorset. 7 — Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. t. 305. 

 Damascus Partridge, Lath. Syn. v. 4. p. 764. 9. ) Local 

 Mountain Partridge, Lath. Syn. v. 4. p. 765. 10. ) varieties. 



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