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THE PARTRIDGE. 
( Tetrao perdix y Lin . — Le perdrix Grifey Buff.) 
The length of this bird is about thirteen inches 3 
The bill is light brown ; eyes hazel ; the general 
colour of its plumage is brown and afh, elegantly 
mixed with black, each feather being ftreaked 
down the middle with buff colour ; the fides of the 
head are tawny ; under each eye there is a fmall 
faffron-coloured fpot, which has a granulated ap- 
pearance, and between the eye and the ear a naked 
Ikin of a bright fcarlet, which is not very confpi- 
cuous but in old birds ; on the break there is a 
crefcent of a deep cheftnut colour; the tail is 
Ihort; the legs are of a greenilh white, and are 
furniftied with a fmall knob behind : The female 
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