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CACCABIS KUFA. 



(RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE.) 



Perdix rubra, Brisson, Orn. i. p. 236 (1760). 



Tetrao rufus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 277 (1766, partim). 



La Perdrix rouge d'JEurope, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. p. 431, pi. xv. (1771). 



Tetrao rufus, L., Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 756 (1788). 



Perdix rufa (L.) /3, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 647 (1790). 



Perdix rubra varia, J. F. Naumann, Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. vi. p. 566 (1833). 



Perdix rubra pallida, J. F. Naumann, torn. cit. p. 567 (1833). 



Perdix rubra Candida, J. F. Naumann, torn. cit. p. 567 (1833). 



Caccabis rufa (L.), G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, iii. p. 508 (1849). 



Perdix rufidorsalis, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 266 (1855). 



Perdix rubra intercedens, A. E. Brehm, Allg. deutsch. naturh. Zeit. 1857, p. 472. 



Caccabis rubra communis, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 11 (1866). 



Red-legged Partridge, French Partridge, English ; Perdrix rouge, French ; Perdiz, Spanish ; 

 Pernice comune, Italian. 



Figures notabiles. 



DAubenton, PI. Enl. 150; Werner, Atlas, Gallinaces, pi. 13; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 29. 

 fig. 9; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 165. figs. 1, 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 260; id. B. of 

 G. Brit. iv. pi. xiv. ; Eoux, Orn. Prov. pis. 257, 258. 



J ad. fronte et pileo cinereis, hoc in parte ceutrali rufescente lavato, pileo imo, nucha et collo postico rufes- 

 centi-brunneis : corpore supra rufeseenti-fusco, dorso imo, scapularibus et tectricibus alarum cinereo 

 tinctis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, primariis omnibus (extimo excepto) et secundariis externis in pogonio 

 extemo ex parte ochraceis : rectricibus centralibus dorso concoloribus, reliquis saturate ferrugineis : 

 gula cum capitis lateribus albis et linea, superciliari alba, ad nucham ducta: ad basin mandibuhe 

 utrinque et in mento centraliter macula nigra: a rostro per oculum circum gutturem fascia nigra 

 producta : gutture infra hanc fasciam grisescenti-albido, ubique nigra guttato et vix brunneo lavato, in 

 parte ima, grisescenti-brunneo : abdomine et subcaudalibus pallide rufescentibus : hypochondriis varie- 

 gatis, plumis ad basin pallide rufescentibus, posthac cserulescenti-cinereis fascia alba, et fascia sub- 

 apicali nigra, notatis et ferrugineo terminatis : rostro et pedibus rubris, iride rufescenti-fusca. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed sordidior et vix minor. 



Juv. sordidior, corpore supra brunnescentiore : secundariis intimis vix brunneo variegatis et tectricibus alarum 

 ochrascente albido notatis : fascia collari nulla : gutture imo nigro guttato. 



Adult Male (Norfolk). Forehead to the centre of the crown ash-grey, gradually merging into reddish 

 brown, which colour extends over the hinder portion of the crown, nape, and hind neck ; upper parts 



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