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GREEK PARTRIDGE. 

 (Perdix Graeca.) 



Pe. corpore supra pectoreque griseo-cinerascentibus, suhtus dilute 

 rufo, collo superiore guttureque albis, fascia nigra cinctis, hy- 

 pochondriis duplici vitta nigra notatis, rectricibus quatuorde- 

 cim; extimis basi cinereis, apice rufis. 



Partridge with the body above and breast greyish-ash ; beneath 

 diluted red ; the neck and upper part of the throat white, 

 bounded by a black fascia ; the hypochondria marked with a 

 double black vitta ; the tail-feathers fourteen in number, the 

 outer ones grey at their base, and red at their tips. 



Perdix Graeca. Rail. Syn. 57. 5. — Briss, Orn. 1. 241. 12.;?/. 25. 



Perdix rufa. a. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 647. 12. * 

 Perdix saxatilis. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 725. 



Perdrix Bartarelle. Buff. Ois. 2. p. 420.— Buff. PL Enl 231.— 

 Temm. Pig.et Gall. 3. p. 340. — Temm. Man. d'Orni. 305. 



Greek, or Red Partridge. Lath.. Gen. Syn. 4. 7Q7. 12.— Alb. 

 Birds. I. p. 27. 



This fine species is much larger than the com- 

 mon Partridge, measuring thirteen inches in length: 

 the beak, eyelids, and irides, red : the upper part 

 of the head, the neck, the breast, and all the upper 

 parts of the body, are ash-coloured ; the back and 

 breast tinged with rufous : the cheeks, throat, and 

 fore-part of the neck, are white, surrounded by a 

 collar of black, commencing at the nostrils, and 

 passing through the eyes : from the belly to the 

 vent yellowish, the sides beautifully variegated 

 with orange and black crescents : the quills are 



