THE 5AXGCINE PARTatI>GE. 
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LinnGaii Society, nnder tlie nanie of Phasianus, 
a name at onre imp!yi»g its connectron**. A se- 
cond (Jesmption and figure apppaml hi the Planclies 
CoSanet's of Temnninck, and our prestfnl represen- 
tation k from a epecimen in the Edinburgli Mn- 
muuL, Tlie mala is about 16 inches in lengtli, 
and the aceompimyinf; Plate wdl suflScieiuly de- 
tail the colourH without a description. It ha^i re- 
ceived its specific name from the Llotchea of red 
upon the breast, and tlie rich crimson which adonis 
the tail and its coyerts* The leg« are irregularly 
sparred, two sometimes on oiu* and only oris oh 
tlie other. In Temmluek's tigure two are reprc- 
aentet] on tbc one l(*g» and on the other four^ in two 
pairs. Tlie female is said to resemble the mak* in 
the colours, except in being duller in hue ; the size 
less and the hgn are without spurs. This ia a 
rare bird in collections. 
It would he impossible in our present limits to cle- 
stTilie every species of the larger ^oups of thin fa- 
mily, btit hefore proL-eeding to the qualK ^e shall 
notice one or two other bird^i. There h a beautiful 
bird from the deserts of Acaba in Arabia, whicfi 
Temminvk has detlicated to Mons. Hey, the compa- 
nion of lluppeL Perdix Het/H ia of size interme- 
diate bet^vce]l the fonimon partridge and the tjuail, 
and is now mentioned from the reseiiibtflrice which 
it bear!* to the Red-legged Rock and Bar bar v par- 
tridges, in the nearly uniform tint of the upper plu- 
mage ; the feathers on the flankii are also bordered 
