86 THE CIIUKAR PARTRIDGE. 
legged Partridge, being perpetually at war with their 
fellow captives. 
These figures will give a tolerable idea of this 
Bmall group. The others belonging to it arc the Greek 
Partridge, Perdix saxatilis of authors, so very close- 
ly allied to the last, as by many to be considered 
identical ; the distinctions have never been dearly 
pointed out, and it is a bird very likely to extend to 
India. Plate V. will shew what has been considered 
P, Chukar. 
The Greek Partridge is found abundantly upon 
the German Alps of middling height, never descend- 
ing to the plains or low valleys. They remain in 
small coveys until the breeding season, when they 
pair like the others, the female making her nest in 
more concealed situations under the roots of trees, 
or among stones or rocks, covered with brush. The 
eggs are yellowish-white, indistinctly blotched with 
reddish-yellow. They scarcely stretch into France, 
being found only sparingly in some of the higher 
mountainous provinces. It is most abundant in the 
Ottoman empire, in the Greek Islands, and in the 
south of Italy. 
The other is the Perdix: Rufa or Red-legged 
Partridge. The last has 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 than that of the 
ordinary bird, while their skulking habits upon 
