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TIIK CIIUKAR l'An,THlD«E, 
hf^ed Partridge, being perpetually at war with their 
fellow captives. 
Those figures will give a tolerahle idea of this 
Htiiail group. The others bebngirip^to it oi e the Greek 
Partridge, Perdix saiatiUs of authors, so ^'cry close- 
ly allied to the last, a» by many to be coiisidei"e<l 
identical ; the distinctions have uevpr been dearly 
pointed out, and it is a bird very likely to extend to 
India. Plate V. will nbew wliai has b^en considered 
P. Chnkar. 
The Greek Partridge h found abundantly upon 
the German Alps of aiidtUing height, never descend- 
ing to the plains or low valleys. They remain in 
small coveys until tlie breeding ficfison, when they 
pair like the otliera, the female making her neat in 
more concealed situations tinder the rogt^ of trreft, 
or among stones or rocks, covered with brush. The 
eggs are yellowish -white, iiKiistinctly blotched with 
reddish-yellow. Tiiey scarcely stretch into France* 
being found only sparingly In some of the higher 
mountainous provinces. It is most abuiidant in the 
Ottoman empire, in the Greek Islands, and in the 
south of Italy. 
The otlier is the Perdix Kufa or Red-legged 
Partridge. The last hm now been introduced into 
several of the southern counties of England, and ap- 
pears to succeed and multiply. As game, however, 
they are esteemed neither by the sportsman or epi- 
cure, their flesh being much drier ilmn that of the 
ordinary bird, while their skulking habits upon 
