THE PARTRIDGE. 
This bird is about thirteen inches in length. 
The general colour of its plumage is brown 
and ash, elegantly mixed with black ; each fea- 
ther is streaked down the middle with buff co- 
lour ; the sides of the head are tawny ; the 
eyes are hazel, and under each eye there is a 
small saffron-coloured spot; between the eye 
and the ear is a naked skin of a. bright scarlet, 
which is not very conspicuous but in old birds ; 
on the breast is a crescent of a deep chestnut 
colour : the tail is short ; the legs are of a 
greenish white, and are furnished with a small 
knob behind. The bill is of a light brown. 
The female has no crescent on the breast, and 
her colours in general are not so distinct and 
bright as those of the male. 
Partridges are found principally in temperate 
climates ; the extremes of heat and cold being 
unfavourable to them. Yet they exist in Green- 
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