52 CLASS AVES. 



Its flesh is whiter and dryer than that of the common 

 partridge.* 



The southern provinces of France produce — 



The Greek, or Hed Partridge. Lath. Perdix 

 Grceca. Briss. P. Saxatilis. Meyer, Enl. 231. 

 Frisch. 116. 



Which differs from the red partridge only in being 

 larger, and having the plumage more ashy. It inha- 

 bits the sides of mountains. 



Rufus-hreasted Partridge. Tet. Petrosus. Gm. Edw. 

 70. Up. Em. t. 9, f. 2. 



Brownish-ash ; crown, chesnut ; eyebrows, ash ; wing- 

 coverts, blue, spotted beneath, pale brown; collar, 

 chestnut, spotted with white; hypochrondia, with a 

 double black streak ; tail-feather, orange tipped. 

 Europe and Africa. 



Mountain Partridge. Tet. Montanus. Gmel, 

 Enl. 136. Frisch. 114. B. 



This, according to M. Bonelli, is only a variety of the 

 grey partridge, with the upper part of the body and 

 chest, chestnut ; beneath, pale fulvous ; head, and 

 upper part of neck, foxy. 



* The P. Rubra of Brisson and Temm., sometimes found whitish, see 

 Storr. Degli. Ucc. t. 225; Temminck thinks the Caspian Partridge, 

 Pedrix Caspia, and Kakelich, Lath., Gmel. II. iv. t. 10, with body above, 

 white, with ashy lines, and undulated large spot, red eyebrows, and ashy 

 chest, may be a variety. Found in Europe and Asia. 



