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white. Besides in P. grcBca the small feathers which cover the nares 

 are white and not black; whilst the black on the forehead is not joined 

 by a black band to the base of the lower mandible, P. grceca is 

 common in a great part of Istria, and in the middle of Europe east- 

 wards. P. saxatilis is found in all the mountainous parts of Italy — 

 on the Alps, on the Apennines, and on the mountains of Sicily. It 

 is not found in Sardinia nor Malta. Savi doubts if it occurs in Tus- 

 cany, but it is quite certain that it is found there, though rarely. 

 (Benvenuti, Ibis, 1864, p. 228.) It is also found rarely in Modena, 



According to Professor Doderlein: — "P. saxatilis prefers to live in 

 places of difficult access among sharp rocks. I have found it in the 

 mountains of Ascalano, in Central Italy, where they live in the same 

 localities with the Red-leg fP. rubra J. They nest under bushes, and 

 also among the rocks. The eggs, from twelve to sixteen in number, 

 are yellowish or reddish, with brown or fulvous spots and points. It 

 appears that in some parts of Sicily there exists an albino race of 

 this Partridge, which has been mentioned by Doderlein and other 

 authors, but it does not appear that the albino form is always 

 complete; some individuals being met with in which the white runs 

 into ash-colour, and others which are spotted or shaded with white 

 and ash-colour. Though I have said this bird is not found in 

 Sardinia, I ought to add that I have been told of a Partridge larger 

 than Petrosa, which is now and then met with near the northern part 

 of that island. As I am assured that it is found in the neighbouring 

 island Corsica, it is not difficult for me to believe that it may occur 

 in the north of Sardinia." 



Dr. Leith Adams writes me word he is quite confident that the 

 Perdix cJiukar (Gray) of India is identical with this bird. I will 

 give an abstract of his letter: — "These two are identical. P. chukar 

 frequents the Himalayas from Nepaul to the mountains of Persia in 

 the west. I have seen and examined specimens from all these 

 countries including Afghanistan and Chinese Tartary. P. grceca is 

 common on the hills and mountains of south-eastern Europe. It is 

 a common bird during the winter months in the markets of Constan- 

 tinople, where I procured several specimens, which I have carefully 

 compared with Himalayan specimens of P. chukar, and I cannot 

 observe any difference. Mr. Blyth, (T. A. S., xviii, p. 53,) states 

 that 'P. grceca only differs from P. chukar of the Himalayas, 

 Afghanistan, &c., in having a lyurely tohite throat, and in the 

 ferruginous of the ear coverts being less marked.'' According to my 

 experience (having examined many skins) these points, although 

 pretty general, are not universal in the birds killed in Turkey. I 



