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In a few males the white neck-stripes meet below ; and there is a very old female which has 

 completely assumed the male plumage. 



" One point which puzzles me is the etymology of the name Ur-keklik. The latter part is 

 simple enough, being the universal Turkish word for Partridge ; but of the former syllable I 

 can get no interpretation, nor does it, though universally used in connexion with the present 

 species, appear to be a Turkish word, and it is probably in the ancient Chaldee that the significa- 

 tion of the word must be looked for." 



In a footnote Mr. Danford remarks that in Hungarian " Ur " means noble, — which meaning 

 it doubtless has also in being used for the present species ; for the Russian authors give as the 

 equivalent of its name in German " Konigs Rebhuhn," or Royal Partridge. 



The specimens of this Snow-Partridge figured are a pair in my own collection, for which 

 I am indebted to Mr. C. G. Danford. Besides the series of about twenty specimens collected 

 by that gentleman, I have, in the preparation of the above article, examined the following 

 specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 2, b, 6 . Anascha, Taurus, March 27th, 1876 (0. G. Danford). 



