BRITISH BIRDS, 
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THE GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE, 
OR RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 
( Tetrao nifus , Lin .- — La Perdrix rouge , Buff. ) 
A stuffed specimen, from which the above figure was 
taken, was lent to this work by Mr John Wingate, 
jun. of the Westgate, Newcastle. Latham describes 
this bird as being thirteen inches in length, but does 
not mention either its breadth or weight. The bill, 
legs, and eyelids are red ; the irides hazel ; the chin 
and throat are of a dull white, surrounded by a black 
line or streak, which passes from the brow and nostrils 
to the eyes, behind which it continues, falls down 
before the auriculars, and meets on the fore part of 
the neck : a white streak extends from the brow over 
the eyes towards the hinder part of the neck ; the fore- 
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