PERDIX RUFA. 
G UE RNSE Yy or RED -LEGGED PAR TRl DGE, 
Generic Character. See Perdix Cinerea. 
VmiDixRufa; corpore supra griseo-fusco, subtusrufo, 
pectore cinereo gulture colioque superiore 
albis, fascia nigra albo punctata cinctus, 
hypochordriisvitta nigra, gimplici notatis^ 
rectricibus sedecim ; extimis rufus. 
Guernsey, or Red-Legged Partridge. Body above 
grey brown ; beneath rufus ; the breast 
grey ; with the throat and upper part of 
the neck white, bounded by a black facia, 
spotted with white ; the hypochordria 
marked with simple black vitta ; tail 
feathers sixteen, the outer ones rufous. 
Perdix Rufa. j3. Raii. Syn.p, 37. Ind, Orn, 2. 647. 
Shaw's Zool V. 11. pt 2. p. 347. 
Perdix Grjeca. Raii Syn. p. 57. A. 5. Will. p. 121. 
t29: Bris. l.p. 241. 12. t 23, f, 1. 
Perdrix Rubra. Bris, Orn. 1. 286. 
Tetrao Rufus. Lin.Syst, 1.276. Gmel. Syst, 1.756. 
Perdix Rouge. Buff. 2. p. 445. Temin, Man. 
Orn. ed. 2, pt. 2. p. 486. 
Greek, or Red Partridge: Lath. Syn. 4. p. 7 67. 12. 
(Guernsey Partribge. Will. *AngL p. 167. t. 29. 
Albin Birds, 1. t. 29. Lath. Syn. 4. 768. 
Sup. p. 220. Lewin Br. Birds, 3. t. 137. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. 
Bar^ary Partridge. Edw. t. 70. Jjuth. Syn. 770. 
Egg. Qvarium Brit. pt. 1. 
I RIDES, bill, and legs red, the latter strong, scaley, 
and furnished with a blunt spur; feathers on the crown 
