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spotted; throat and sides of neck, red and black 

 varied ; chest, ash ; belly and sides, chestnut ; toes 

 and claws, very long. Inhabits Java. 



The True Partridges 



Have the bill not so strong as the last ; the males 

 have short spurs or simple tubercles ; the females 

 are without. 



Every one knows 



The Common Partridge. Tetrao Cinereus. L. Enl. 

 27. Frisch. 114. Naum. 1st Ed. pi. 3, f. 3. 



The biU and feet ash-coloured ; the head yellow j 

 the plumage varied with different shades of grey ; a 

 marron spot on the breast of the male. This prolific 

 game is one of the greatest delicacies of the table ; and 

 builds its nest and lives in the middle of our fields. 



Perdix Cinereo alba. Lath. Frisch. t. 115. Is a 

 variety. It is also sometimes found nearly white. 

 The Damascus Partridge ; Perdioc Damascena^ Lath, 

 which is only half the size, and pale ash, varied with 

 black and red, and beneath, yellowish white. It is 

 also a variety. See Will. Orn. t. 29. 



The Guernsey Partridge. Lath. Tetrao Hujm, 

 L. Enl. 150. 



The biU and feet, red brown, above, with the 

 sides speckled with red and ash ; the throat white, 

 edged with black. Prefers hills and elevated spots. 



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