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VEETEBRATA. 
WILLOW GEOaS?, 
Germs SYRRIIAPTES : SyrrJiaptes. — Of this is S. 'paradoxus ; found in the steppes of Bok- 
hara ; it has a short but rapid flight ; lays four or five eggs, and lives on grain and seeds. There 
are several other foreign species in Africa and Asia, together with a family called Sand-Grouse^ 
ranged under the generic name of Pterocles ; two species of Avhich, P. arenarius, and F. alchata, 
are fonnd in sonthern Europe. 
THE COMMON PAllTEXIlGJi Off EUEOPE. 
PERDICIN^ OE PARTRIDGES. 
Under this head we shall notice several groups of birds, some belonging to the Eastern and 
some to the Western Hemisphere, which bear the general names of Partridges and Quails, 
though they comprise several distinct genera. 
