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AMMOPEEDIX BONHAMI. 



(SEESEE PARTRIDGE.) 



Caccabis bonhami, G. E. Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843, p. 372. 

 Perdix bonhami, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 70. 

 Perdix griseoyularis, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 1843, p. 278. 

 Ammoperdix bonhami (Gray), Bp. Compt. Eend. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Gould, B. of Asia, iii. pi. 4 ; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 29. 



<3 ad. pileo cinereo-cano, versus nucham vinaceo tincto, fronte et stria superciliari nigris : loris et plumis 

 auricularibus albis : corpore supra pallide cinereo-isabellino, saturate griseo et pallide fusco trans- 

 fasciato et punctato : remigibus primariis fuscis, omnibus praeter primum extus pallide cervino fasciatis : 

 secundariis et scapularibus isabellino-fusco et rufesceute isabellino fasciatis et vermiculatis : cauda, 

 castanea, versus apiceru griseo tincta, rectricibus centralibus dorso concoloribus : mento, capitis late- 

 ribus et gula cinereo-canis : colli lateribus saturate cinereis albo guttatis : pectore vinaceo : hypochon- 

 driis vinaceo-cinereis, plumis nigro et rufescenti marginatis : abdomine griseo-albo pallide rufescenti 

 tincto : subcaudalibus pallide rufescentibus : rostro aurantiaco : pedibus saturate flavis vix viridi 

 tinctis. 



2 ad. corpore supra sicut in mare colorato, sed magis brunneo : pileo et nucha dorso concoloribus : capitis 

 lateribus et gula eervino-albidis, nigricante griseo fasciatis : mento fere albido : pectore et hypo- 

 cbondriis rufeseenti-cervinis, anguste griseo fasciatis : abdomine et subcaudalibus cervino-albidis : 

 rostro aurantiaco-fusco. 



Adult Male (Euphrates valley, 23rd February). Crown ashy blue-grey, the hinder portion tinged with 

 vinous ; forehead and a line extending over and behind the eye black ; lores and ear-coverts silky white, 

 the latter rufous posteriorly; upper parts pale isabelline-grey indistinctly barred and freckled with 

 darker grey and isabelline-brownish ; primaries dusky brown, all but the first quill barred on the outer 

 web with buffy white ; secondaries and scapulars barred and vermiculated with isabelline-brown or 

 rufous-isabelline ; tail chestnut-red, becoming greyish towards the tip ; central rectrices like the back ; 

 chin, sides of the head, and throat blue-grey, sides of the neck dark ashy grey closely spotted with 

 white; breast pale vinous; flanks vinous grey, the feathers margined with black and rich rufous, 

 forming stripes along the sides ; abdomen greyish white tinged with pale rufous ; under tail-coverts 

 pale rufous; bill orange; feet and legs deep yellow inclining to greenish. Total length about 9'5 inches, 

 culmen 062, wing 5*15, tail 2 - 5, tarsus l - 25. 



Adult Female (Euphrates valley, 17th February). Differs from the male in lacking the blue-grey, white, 

 and black on the head, and in being browner; crown, nape, and upper parts as in the male, but 

 browner and more variegated with rufous buff; sides of the head and throat buffy white barred with 



