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La Perdrix rouge d'Afrique, Buf. oij. ii. p. 444.— PA enl. 180. 



C I Z E of a fmall Partridge : length thirteen inches. Bill 

 fhortj red : round the eye a bare fpace, pointed before and 

 behind : chin and throat bare and red : the general colour of the 

 plumage brown, fpotted above with darker brown : over the eye 

 a white ftreak ; beneath another, which bounds the upper part 

 of the bare fpace on the throat, curving downwards j both 

 ftreaks arifing from the bafe of the bill : fides of the neck, and 

 under parts of the body, white, dafhed with brown ; the brown 

 marks largeft as they are furtheft from the upper parts : the middle 

 of the bread and belly brown for the moft part : vent and thighs 

 white : tail fhort, fcarcely more than an inch long, and fpread : 

 legs red, furnifhed with a curved fpur as long as the hind 

 claw. 



Inhabits Afrka. Manners unknown. 



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 Description* 



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La Perdrix de Roche, ou de la Gambia, Buf. oif. ii. p. 446. 



HP H I S is rather fmaller than the Guernfey Partridge -, is Ihaped 

 like it, and has alfo a red bill, eyes, and legs : the general 

 colour is dull brown : on the breafl is a fpot the colour of 

 Spanijh fnuff. 



Thefe bend the tail greatly downwards in running, which they 

 do very faft. Are reckoned excellent eating. Frequent rocky 

 and mountainous fituations. 



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 BREASTED P. 



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