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general colour more grey and the wings more freckled. According 

 to Blyth 3 she wants the ashy crown of the male, and is minutely 

 mottled all over, both above and beneath. 



This small species of Partridge was named almost simultane- 

 ously by Gray and Fraser after the first gentleman who had sent 

 specimens to Europe. It is closely related to A. Ileyi, but is 

 somewhat larger, and that species wants the white spots on the 

 sides of the neck. The females are said to resemble each other 

 very closely. One point of difference of the two species men- 

 tioned by Gould, viz., the colour of the legs, is contradicted by 

 Adams, who says that the color of the legs of B unhand is a 

 * lighter brownish yellow than the bilk' 



The Seesee, as this small Partridge is named, is only found in 

 the Punjab, in the Salt range of hills, more abundant across 

 the Indus on the Suleiman range, near Attock, and in the Kliyber 

 and Bolan passes ; and it is still more common in Affghanistan 

 and Persia, whence the original specimens were sent. It is there 

 called Tee-hoo, Gould states that it was also brought from Thibet 

 by Lord Gilford. Adams says that it is not found further south 

 than the Salt range ; but a writer in the Bengal Sporting Eevieiv, 

 on the game of Sindh, distinctly indicates it under the name of the 

 Rock or Barbary Partridge as found across the Indus. It fre- 

 quents rocky ground with brushwood here and there, and is often 

 seen in company with the Chukor which it much resembles in 

 habits ; is found in coveys which when sprung rise with a startling 

 noise, and feeds much on a kind of wild Thyme. The flesh is 

 said to be delieious. The name Seesee is given from its call. 

 Theobold found the eggs, twelve in number, of a clear cream 

 colour, laid in a slight hollow among stones in the hills. 



The other species, A . Ideyi, is also figured by Gould, in Birds 

 of Asia, pt. III., pi. 5. It is found in Western Asia, Palestine, 

 Arabia, &c. 



3rd. — Grey or Bush Partridges. 



The Grey Partridges of India come under this head ; they are 

 somewhat similar in coloring to the English Partridge, but differ 

 in being strongly spurred. 



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