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JAVAN PARTRIDGE. 
(Perdix Javanicus.) 
Pe. corpore supra striis cinereis nigrisque, gutture colloque late- 
ribus riifo nigroque vnriegatis, pectore cinereo, ventre hypo- 
chondriisque castaneis, crisso ruhro Jascid cinered, alis rufis 
nigro maculatis, . 
Partridge with the body above with grey and dusky striae j with 
the throat and sides of the neck variegated with rufous and 
black ; the breast grey ; the belly and hypochondria chesnut 5 
the vent red, with a grey fascia j wings rufous, spotted with 
black. 
Perdix Javanica. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 651. 27. — Temm. Gall, 
hid. p, 732. 
Tetrao Javanicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 761. 45. 
Perdrix Ayam-han. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 404. 
Javan Partridge. Broiun. III. Zool. p. 40. pi. 17- — Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 4. 775. 18. 
This beautiful species is ten inches in length : 
the space round the eyes is of a crimson-red, 
slightlyscattered withfeathers: the throat is slightly 
clothed with feathers, and the naked red skin 
appears through the interstices : the top of the 
head is of a chesnut-red : the feathers of the throat, 
the fore-part of the neck, and the nape, are red, 
sprinkled with very small black spots : above the 
eyes a black band, and another on each side of 
the neck : the prevailing hue of the upper parts of 
tlie body lead-colour, striated with broad black 
bands : the lesser and greater wing-coverts are 
grey-red j the leathers of the latter having a large 
