TETRAO P E R D I X. 



COMMON PARTRIDGE. 



Generic Character, See Tetrao urogallus. 



Synonyms. 



Tetrao Perdix. Lin. Syft. t. p. 276. 12. 

 Common Partridge. Br. Zool. 1. 96. Lath. Syn. 



4. p. 762. 8. Mont. Orn. 



r>m. 



Partridge. Bewicks Br. Birds^ Pt. 1. p. 303. 



r JI/h I S fpecies is in length thirteen inches, and weighs 

 about fifteen ounces ; bill hard ; the noftrils covered over 

 by a prominent ridge, which projects rather beyond them, 

 having an aperture in the front ; eyes partly furrounded 

 by a warty (kin, which is placed principally behind the eye, 

 and continues nearly half round it \ legs fhort, furnifhed with 

 fhort blunt fpurs ; the feathers on the body are double, two 

 feathers proceeding from the fame quill ; the inner one, which 

 is much the fmalleft, has two webs projecting from each fide 

 of the lhaft. General colours alike in both fexes ; the female 



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