78 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 



The feathers of the sides with a broad band of light red, succeeded by another of ash 

 gray, then two narrow bands, one white, the other black, and a terminal band of red. 

 Legs and feet, bright red; claws, a little dusky. Legs with a blunt spur. 



The female is somewhat less, wants the knob on the tarsus, and has the colours as 

 in the male, but a little fainter. The black cresceut on the neck is narrower, and the 

 spots of the same colour on the lower part are much smaller. (Macgillivray.) 



The length of the male is fourteen inches; of the female one inch less. 



