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COMMON PARTRIDGE. 
(Perdix cinerea,) 
Pe. corpore supra cinerea^ rufo nigroque vario, sultus alhicante-= 
Jiavido, pectore ccerulescente , Uneis nigi'is et macidis rnfis varies 
gatis, rectricibus octodecim, septem extimi utrinque, apice ci- 
nereis. (Mas. maculis duabus castaneis imo pectoris.^ 
Partridge with the body above grey, varied v/ith red and black, 
beneath yellowish white ; the breast caerulescent, variegated 
with black lines and rufous spots j the tail-feathers eighteen, 
the seven outer ones on each side tipped with cinereous. {Male 
with two chesnut spots on the lower part of the breast.) 
Perdix cinerea. Raii. Syn. 5J. a. 2 . — Briss. Orn. 1 . 21Q. 1 . — 
Lath. hid. Orn. 2 . 645. Q. — Temm. Gall. Ind.p. 728 . — Nilss. 
Orn. Suec. ] . 3 14. 
Tetrao Perdix. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 276 . 13. — Linn. Faun. Suec. 
No. 205. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 757 . 13. 
Perdrix grise. Buff. Ois. 2. 401. — Buff. PI. Enl. 27 . female. — 
Temm. Pig, et Gall. 3. 373. — Temm. Man. d'Orni. p. 309 . 
Common Partridge. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1. 96 . — Penn. Arct. Zool. 
2 . 319 . — Alb. Birds. 1. pi. 27 . — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 762 . 8. — 
Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 279 . 5. — Leiuin. Brit. Birds. 4. pi. 136. — 
Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 184. — Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 7 . — BeVD. Brit. 
Birds. 1. 305. — 'Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup . — 
Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. 260 . 
Var. /3. corpore supra pectoreque castaneis cinereo-albo Jusco un- 
dulato. 
With the body above, and breast, chesnut-grey-white, undulated 
with brown. 
Perdix cinerea (3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 646. — Temm. Gall. Ind. 
730. (b.) 
Perdix cinereo-alba. Briss. Orn. 1. 223. a. 
Perdrix grise-blanche. Biff. Ois. 2. 415. — Temm. Pig. et Gall. 
3. 399 . 
Common Partridge, (a.) Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 763. 
