THE 
VIOLACEOUS PARTRIDGE. 
Generic Character * 
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Byes (generally) bounded, either above or on one 
fide, by a granulated red flan* 
Bill convex, fliort, and ilrong. 
Specific Character, &c. 
VIOLACEOUS - BLACKISH PARTRIDGE 
with a caff of green, ferruginous-brown 
wings, and corriprefled, upright, ferrugi¬ 
nous-red crefh 
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LESSER-CROWNED PIGEON. 
hath. Syn. vol. 2. p. 622. 
The numerous genus Tetrao, comprehending all the 
fpecies of Grous, Partridge, Heathcock, &c. belongs 
to the order called Galling, or fuch as in their general 
characters and appearance make fome approach to the 
common Cock, or Phafianus Gallus of Linnams. By 
far the major part of the Tetraones are exotic birds; 
and indeed mod of them are extra-European birds. 
The prefent fpecies, exclufive of its unufual colour and 
peculiar elegance, is likewife remarkable for being one 
of the rareft of the genus: it is alfo to be obferved, 
F 2 that 
