Class II. 



PARTRIDGE. 



363 



** With naked legs. 



Perdix, Cinerea. P. calcarata, 

 cinereo rufo et nigro varia, 

 macula nuda coccinea sub 

 oculis, cauda ferruginea pec- 

 tore brunneo. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 645. id. Syn. iv. 762. 



La Perdris grise ou Gouache. 

 Belon av. 257. 



Perdix(Waldhun). Gesner. av. 

 669. 



Perdix minor sive cinerea. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 66. 



JVil. orn. \66. 



Rait Syn. av, 57. 



Tetrao Perdrix. Gm. Lin. 757. 5. Common 

 Rapphona. Faun. Suec. sp. Partridge. 



205. 

 La Perdrix grise. Brisson av. 



i. 2lg. Hist, d'ois. ii. 401. 



PL Enl. 27. 

 Starna. Zinan. 30. 

 Agerhoene. Br. 201. 

 Rebhun. Kram. 357. 

 Rebhuhn. Frisch, i. 114. 

 Serebitza, Scopoli. No. 175. 

 Br. Zool. 86. plate M. Arct. 



Zool. i. 373. 



JLHE male partridge weighs near fifteen 

 ounces ; the female about two ounces less : the 

 length to the end of the tail is thirteen inches ; 

 the breadth twenty. The bill is whitish: the 

 crown of the head is brown spotted with reddish 

 white : behind each eye is a naked red skin. The 

 chin, cheeks and forehead are of a deep orange 

 color, but in the females it is much paler than 

 in the other sex. The neck and breast are 

 prettily marked with narrow undulated lines of 

 ash color and black; and in the hind part of 



Descrip= 



TION. 



