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THE PAINTED PARTRIDGE. 
Perdije picta — Jabd. and Selby. 
Plate III. 
Perdix picta, Jardine and Selby's Illustrations of Ornitho- 
logy, vol. i. pi. 1. 
This very beautiful species, belonging to the 
true partridges, is a native of the plains of India, 
and of late years has not unfrequently been brought 
in collections to this country ; yet, notwithstand- 
ing, it is to be regretted that little is known of its 
habits. The following is a description of the speci- 
men from the neighbourhood of Bangalore, from 
which the original of our plate was taken. The 
crown is brotvn, with the margins of the feathers 
yellowish-white; the face, region of the eyes and- 
auriculars, pale brownish-orange ; the hinder pai’t 
of the neck pale buff ; the centre of each feather 
black ; the front and sides of the neck white, spotted 
with black ; the breast, belly, and flanks, beautifully 
spotted with black and yellowish-white ; the ground 
of each feather may be said to be black ; and on each 
web there are two, and sometimes three, round spots 
of yellowish-white, which leave, as it were, a bar 
