THE SANGUINE PARTRIDGE. 
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Linnean Society, under tlie name of Pliasianus, 
a name at once implying its connections. A se- 
cond description and figure appeared in the Planches 
Coloriees of Temminck, and our present represen- 
tation is from a specimen in the Edinburgh Mu- 
seum. The male is about 16 inches in lengtli, 
and the accompanying Plate will sufficiently de- 
tail the colours without a description. It has re- 
ceived its specific name from the blotches of red 
upon the breast, and the rich crimson which adorns 
the tail and its coverts. The legs are iiregularly 
spurred, two sometimes on one and only one on 
the other. In Temminck’s figure two are repre- 
sented on the one leg, and on the other four, in two 
pairs. The female is said to resemble the male in 
the colours, except in being duller in hue ; the size 
IS less and the legs are without spurs. This is 
rare bird in collections. 
It would be impossible in our present limits to de- 
scribe every species of the larger groups of this fa- 
mily, but before proceeding to the quails, we shall 
notice one or two other birds. There is a beautiful 
bird from the deserts of Acaba in Arabia, which 
Temminck has dedicated to Mons. Hey, the compa- 
nion of Ruppel. Perdix Heyii is of size interme- 
diate between the common partridge and the quail, 
and is now mentioned from the resemblance which 
it bears to the Red-legged Rock and Barbary par- 
tridges, in the nearly uniform tint of the upper plu- 
mage ; the feathers on the flanks are also bordered 
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