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THE CHUKAR PABTRIDGE. 
Ferdhr chukar.— Latham. 
PLATE V. 
Perdix chukar, Gonl^jt Cmtwiy^ vol. Ixxi.— Grdy"* iHus- 
iraiions of Indian Zooityg^. 
The general colour of i!te upper plumage is a«h- 
ffrey, liiigecl witb a shade of purple, particularly 
jicrosa the rejitrc of l!ie back; a detjp black line passes 
acrmM tfie forehead through the eyea, and extenda 
doi^'n wards in a creaccnt form upon the sides of 
the neck and chest, th<» throat, and inside of the 
circle, being pale yellowish- white. The breast is 
nearly of the same colour with the centre of the 
back, but paler, and the rest of the lower parts 
are of a dxill yellow. Tin* cisnspicuons barring on 
the sides ia alternately yellowiah -white, cliestnut, and 
yack. 
We are indebted to Mr Gould for the use of hie 
illustration, taken from a Himalayan spirdmen That 
gentleman also tclb us that specimens are alive in 
the Zoological Ciarden, where they have the same 
pugnacious and initable temper af the Common Hed^ 
