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PHASIANIDiE. 



Caccabis rufa (Linn.). 



Perdix rubra, Thien. Fai'tpflam. ges. Vog. p. 29, tab. vii. figs. 6, a, b (1845- 



64) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 21. fig_. 2 (1855-63). 

 Perdix rufa, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 282, pi. kxi. fig. ii 



(1866) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 467, pi. 20 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 276, pi. 69. fig. 8 (1896). 

 ■Caccabis rufa, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 223 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 103 



(1876) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 118 (1893) ; Sharjie, itand-l. 



i. p. 22 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Eed-legged Partridge closely resemble 

 those of 0. chukar, but are apparently always spotted. They 

 measure from 1-5 to 1'6 in length, and from 1'15 to 1'25 in breadth. 



6. Great Britain (JIargitt Coll.). 



1. Cumberland (Heysham). 

 6. Cambridge (S. Saunders). 



3. Elveden, Norfolk {A. Newton). 

 9. Loughton, Essex {J. W. Mait- 

 land). 



2. Charlton Park, Kent. 



1, Malaga, Spain, 1st June {S. 

 Saunders). 



1. Malaga, 8th June (S. S.). 



10. Seville, Spain, 20th May (Suiz). 



2. Corsica. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sir T. Wilson [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Caccabis petrosa (Gm.). 



Perdix petrosa, Thien. Eortpfanz. ges. Vog. p. 28, tab. vii. fig. 7 (1845-54) ; 



Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 21. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 •Caccabis petrosa, Sahin, Ibis, 1869, p. 353 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 72 ; 



