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THE CHUKAR PARTRIDGE. 
Perdix chvMar L.^tham, 
PLATE V. 
Perdix chukar, Gould's Century, vol. Ixxi. — Gray's Illm- 
irations of Indian Zoology, 
The general colour of the upper plumage is ash- 
grey, tinged with a shade of puiple, particularly 
across the centre of the back ; a deep black line passes 
across the forehead through the e5'es, and extends 
downwards in a crescent form upon the sides of 
the neck and chest, the throat, and inside of the 
circle, being pale yellowish-white. The breast is 
nearly of the same colour with the centre of the 
back, but paler, and the rest of the lower parts 
are of a dull yellow. The conspicuous barring on 
the sides is alternately yellowish-white, chestnut, and 
black. 
We are indebted to Mr Gould for the use of his 
illustration, taken from a Himalayan specimen. That 
gentleman also tells us that specimens are alive in 
the Zoological Garden, where they have the same 
pugnacious and initable temper of the Common Red- 
