PARTRIDGE. 281 



Inhabits India ; there called Ghoori Teetur, or Rock Pigeon ; met 

 with mostly in pairs, seldom in covies, nor is it very common : it is 

 shy, flies high, and not easily shot ; is called by some a Partridge 

 but in its cry is very unlike that bird. I suspect it to be the female, 

 of the Pondicherry Species. 



17— PERCHING PARTRIDGE. 



SIZE of the Common Partridge ; length ten inches. Bill black, 

 formed as in the Partridge ; general colour of the plumage above 

 pale brown ; sides of the head and all beneath pale brownish grey ; 

 the feathers of the back, and wings marked at the ends with black, 

 and in some birds they have a double band ; the second quills dusky, 

 with black tips, and some bars of the same; greater quills dusky 

 black ; the tail appears cuneiform, and the ends of the feathers 

 pointed ; some of the side feathers, thighs, vent, and under coverts 

 greyish white ; legs dusky white, with the segments reddish, behind 

 nearly black ; claws black. It was thought to be a female, as there 

 was no spur behind. 



Inhabits India ; called Teetur.* I observe that in some drawings 

 the bird is perched on the branch of a tree, in others on the ground ; 

 hence we may suppose it to use both these modes of settling. One, 

 figured in Lord Mountnorris's drawings, is placed on a rock ; this is 

 named Bait Tetur. 



18. -ASIATIC PARTRIDGE 



Perdix Asiaticus, Ind. Orn. ii. 649. 

 Asiatic Partridge, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 278. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill short, stout, dusky; the 

 crown barred buff" and brown ; over the eye a rufous streak ; close to 



* This cannot be a name of discrimination ; Teetur is the general name for a Partridge. 



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