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further precifion, nor to form an idea what they are, unlefs Plar~ 

 migans. 



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14. -Tetrao alchata, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 276. 1 1 . — HaJJelq. Voy. p. 28T ; 



"i^B ^a Gelinoce des Pyrenees, 5«yi era-, i. p. 195. pi. 19. f. 1. 2. 



Le Ganga, Buf. ci/.ii. p. 244. pi. 8. — PA enl. 105. (male.) 106. (female.) ■ 

 Partridge of Damafcus, Will, orn. p. 178. pi. 29. — Rait Syn. p. 55. 7 f. 

 Kitiwiah, or African Lagopus, Sbaiv's Tra'v. pi. in p 253. 

 Kata, Ruff. Alep. p. 64. pi. 9. 

 Little Pintailed Grous, Ed<w. pi. 249. 



J2SCRIPTI0N. 



Cl-ZE of the Partridge: length thirteen inches and a half. 



Bill brown : round the eye black, paffing in a ftreak behind 

 the head, upper parts of the neck, and back, variegated with a 

 mixture of olive, yellowifh, tawny, and black : fides of the 

 head, and part of the neck before, yellowifh afh-colour: chin 

 and thssoat black: lower part of the neck and breaft orange, 

 bounded above and below with a black line : from the breaft to 

 the vent white:- wing coverts ftriped with orange and coffee- 

 colour, mixed with white: the quills cinereous: tail brown, 

 croffed with black lines ; the two middle feathers much longer 

 than the reft,, and pointed at the- ends ; the part which exceeds 

 the other feathers is black ■, the reft of the tail is rounded in 

 fhape, and the feathers white at the ends : the legs are cinereous^ 

 and covered with fhort, downy, white feathers on the fore part : 

 the toes are pectinated on the fides, and the hind toe very fhort *.-. 



* Infomuch as to deceive Shaw, who fay.sft has-ao back toe. Ruffe.il calls 

 t^ishind tog. only z//mr, 



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