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THE MOUNTAIN PAIlTtdlJOiC. 
Itiwer parts, and shoulders. The («p«clniens are ge> 
nerall^ le^ tlian llime of ordmary^ plumage. 
The parwidge, therefore, seems lo have a more 
e^ttenaive range nf variation t\mn nlmost Any bird we 
are acquainted wkh, and accordfng to TentmincTc 
and some other autliors, is somewhat influenced hjr 
almost every clianfje lif climate. Those Urtiods vvliich 
frequent and are bred on tlm marshy proundn uf tlip. 
Zuyder Zee and mouth of Meuse aie in sizt; and 
of adulter tint than those fuund in the drier landa of 
Belgium. Dry or parched di.'jtriet!}, abundance of food 
and water, will always influence their condition, and 
it is to the same causes, with variation of climate> that 
Temminck attrihntee the migrations of the partridge 
on some partis of the continent, and which are also 
said to be of a smaller mz^i than tho*$e which do not 
migrate. This migratory bird has l»y some hetm 
also raised to the rank of a specicH, and named the 
Damascus partridge. By the modern ornithologists 
of this country, it is very little kuown^ or ita claima 
npon which even the variety rests ascertained, beyond 
the fact of ita migration. And our latest, or indeed 
only autlmrity from actual examination, in that of 
Tetnminck, who saya that among many individuals 
he has been able to discover no good distinctions. 
Our next illustration is from a very beiiutiful spe- 
cies inJiabiting the continent of India ; it is 
