266 PARTRIDGE. 



brown ; round the neck the feathers pale in the middle, and on the 

 margins; chin and throat whitish, minutely speckled with dusky; 

 on the breast several white streaks; bill horn-colour; legs pale red, 

 and without a spur; at the base of the forehead a small red spot, 

 having the appearance of a caruncle. 



In the same drawings a third, very like the last, but without the 

 red mark on the forehead. It is most probable, that the two last 

 mentioned were females to the first described. 



2 — BARE-NECKED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix nudicollis, Ind. Om. ii. 644. 



Tetrao nudicollis, Gm. Lin. i. 759. 



La Gorge nue, Buf. ii. 444. 



Francolin a Gorge nue, Temm. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 317. 



Bare-necked Partridge, Gen. Syn. iv. 759. 



THIS is said to have the plumage less variegated than in the 

 Francolin ; throat and fore part of the neck bare of feathers, being- 

 only covered with a red skin ; the tail spread out frequently like a 

 fan ; legs red, and furnished with a double spur. 



One of these was alive at Paris, but sufficient observation had 

 not been taken of it, to say more than above. It is however, added, 

 that the bird used, now and then, to sit upon a perch. 



3— RED-NECKED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix rubricollis, Ind. Orn. ii. 648. 



Tetrao rubricollis, Gm. Lin. i. 758. 



Perdix, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. xciv. 



Perdix rouge d'Af'iique, Buf. ii. 444. PL enl. 180. Buff. Sonnin. vii. p. 41. Tab. 



Enc. Om. 208. & 215. pi. 94. f. 3. 

 Faisan rouge, Levail. Voy. i. 117. 

 Red-necked Partridge, Gen. Syn. iv. 771. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill short, red ; round the eye bare, 

 pointed before and behind ; chin and throat bare and red ; over the 



