PERDICESME. 567 



Caccabis rufa, the Ked-legged Partridge of France and Western 

 Europe, has been partly naturalized in England, and drives away 

 the common Partridge. C. petrosa has been unnecessarily separated 

 by Kaup as Alectoris. 



Close to the red-legged Partridges come the Sand-partridges. 



Gen. Ammoperdix. 



Char. — Of small size ; bill somewhat lengthened, red ; wings 

 long ; tarsus wholly devoid of a spur or even of a knob. Other- 

 wise as in Caccabis. 



The Sand-partridges may be said to be simply dwarf Chukors, 

 to which they are allied in color, habits, and geographical distribu- 

 tion. Only two species are known, both found in Western Asia, 

 one of which extends into the North-western limits of our region. 



821. Ammoperdix Bonhami, Gray. 



Perdix, apud Gray, P. Z. S., — Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. III., 

 pi. 4 — figured Beng. Sport. Mag. 1843 — P. griseogularis, Brandt. 

 — Sisi, H. in the Punjab. 



The Seesee Partridge. 



Descr. — Male, above pale isabella brownish, finely freckled 

 with dusky ; the crown of the head and cheeks grey ; forehead 

 and a narrow line over the eye black ; lores and ear-coverts silky 

 white, rufous posteriorly ; beneath this a narrow black line ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts much speckled with black.; primaries dusky 

 within, isabella brown on the outer webs, with dusky pencillings, 

 and all but the first, barred on their outer webs with whitish ; 

 tail chesnut brown, paler at the tip, and freckled with black ; 

 beneath, the throat is greyish white, the breast delicate grey, and 

 the sides of the neck grey with numerous white spots, and a few 

 black specks ; breast pale rufous isabelline or vinaceous ; the fea- 

 thers of the flanks whitish tinged with vinaceous, and dashed 

 with rufous and dark brown ; lower tail-coverts pale chesnut. 



Bill fleshy, (brownish yellow according to Adams) ; irides hazel 

 brown ; legs and feet olive yellow. Length 10 inches ; wing 5 ; 

 tail 2^ ; tarsus 1|- ; bill at front f . 



The female differs, according to Gould, in having the black 

 markings of the head replaced by freckled black and white ; the 



