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THE SANGUINE PARTRIDGE. 
Pcrdisc cruentaius — Temminck. 
PLATE VII. 
Phasianus cruentatus, Trans, of Lin. Soc. vol. xiii. p. 237 
— Sanguine Pheasant, Lath. General History, p. 205 
Francolin ensanglante, Perdix cruentata, Temminck, PI, 
Coloriees, pi. 332. 
Tins bird lias also been placed among the Fran- 
colins, on account of the spurred tarsi, but it is pro- 
bable it will stand ultimately as some subgenus, being 
one of those birds which are almost neither one thing 
nor another. It forms the connexion in some points 
between the present family and the Pavonidie. The 
remarkable parts of its structure ai-e the lengthened 
form of the feathers of the head and neck, the bril- 
liant tints of the plumage, and, like the polyplectrou, 
having sometimes one, two, or three spurs upon the 
tarsi, which are themselves more slender and length- 
ened than those of most of the others. It inhabits 
the upper parts of the unexplored districts of Nepaul, 
and adds another to the many splendid and peculiar 
gallinaceous birds, tvhich are there so abundant. 
It was first described in the Transactions of the 
