CACCABIS. 



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Genus CACCABIS. 



Caccaiis= KaKKa^ls, a collateral form of KaKKi^ri, a Partridge, in classical Greek. 



Nude eye-patch. Plumage uniformly coloured, not mottled, with flanks trans- 

 versely banded grey-buff, black, and chestnut. Tail of fourteen feathers from 

 five-eighths to two-thirds length of wing. First primary equal to fifth or sixth 

 (third longest). Primaries brown, unbarred, with part of outer web near tip buff. 

 Sexes alike, but males generally larger. Males with a pair or more of blunt spurs 

 on each tarsus. Chiefly Palsearctic, one species ranging into N. India. 



71. Caccabis chucar. The Chukor Ebd-legged Kock-Parteidqb. 

 Chukor, /ndia; Chukru, Chamba; KsmWau, Kashmir ; Keklik, Yarkand; Kabk, Persia. 



Khojak, 2.6.79. 



3- 14J" to 16"; 19 to 27 oz. 2 13" to 14J"; 13 to 19 oz. Legs red. BiU 

 red. Crown grey. Black band across forehead, behind eye, round throat, form- 

 ing a gorget. Above grey or rufous. Breast ashy. Flanks grey, with transverse 

 bands of black, buff, and chestnut. Lores buff, ear-coverts chestnut. Closely 

 allied to C. saxatilis (the Western form). From W. Asia to China. Seven to 

 twelve eggs (1-68 x 1-25), light brown, speckled darker. (J. 820. B. 1370. 

 0. 38. O.G. i. 91. H. & M. ii. 33.) 



Also C saxatilis. The Rock R.L.P. from S. Europe. $ 15". 9 13 J". With throat and 

 neck -white, encircled with black band. Lores black, and ear-coverts black mixed with buff. 



C. magna. Prjevalsky's E.L.P. from N. Tibet. With double collar. 



C. rufa. The Common or Spanish E.L.P. from S.W. Europe. Resembles C. saxatilis, but 

 necklace is margined on chest with black spots. S 13J". 9 13". Introduced into Britain 

 about a century ago. Ten to eighteen eggs (1-55 x 1-2), buff, dotted darker. 



C. petrosa. The Barbary R.L.P. from N.W. Africa, Sardinia, and the Canaries, i 12J". 

 With crown dark chestnut and collar chestnut, spotted white. (O.G. i. 90-97.) 



C. spatzi. Spatz's R.L.P. from S. Tunis ; a paler form of C petrosa. (O.G. app. ii.) 



C. melanocephalus. The Black-headed R.L.P. from S.W, Arabia. S IBJ". With crown 

 black and outer tail grey. (O.G. i. 98.) 



