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GREEK PARTRIDGE. 
(Perdix Graeca.) 
Pe. corpore supra pectoreque griseo-cinerascentihus, subtus dilute 
rufo, collo superiore guttureque albis, Jascia nigra cinctisy hy- 
pochondriis duplici vitta nigra notatisy rectricibus quatuorde- 
dm; exthnis basi dnereis, apice rufis. 
Partridge with the body above and breast greyish-ash j beneath 
diluted red ; the neck and upper part of the throat white, 
bounded by a black fascia ; the hypochondria marked with a 
double black vitta j the tail-feathers fourteen in number, the 
outer ones grey at their base, and red at their tips. 
Perdix Graeca. Raii. Syn. 57- 5. — Briss. Orn. 1. 241. 10.. pi. 25. 
/I- 
Perdix rufa. a. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 647* 12. 
Perdix saxatilis. Temtn. Gall. Lid. p. 725. 
Perdrix Bartarelle. Buff. Ois. 2. p. 420. — Buff. PI. Enl. 231. — 
Temm. Pig.et Gall. 3. p, 340. — Tenim. Man. d' Orni. 305. 
Greek, or Red Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 767* 12- — Alb. 
Birds, l.p. 27- 
This fine species is much larger than the com- 
mon Partridge, measuring thirteen inches in length; 
the beak, eyelids, and irides, red : the upper part 
of the head, the neck, the breast, and all the upper 
parts of the body, are ash-coloured ; the back and 
breast tinged with rufous : the cheeks, throat, and 
fore-part of the neck, are white, surrounded by a 
collar of black, commencing at the nostrils, and 
passing through the eyes : from the belly to the 
vent yellowish, the sides beautifully variegated 
with orange and black crescents : the quills are 
