OF BIRDS. |. 69 
In the ifland of Cyprus they are fometimes bar- 
baroufly employed.to fight againft one another, 
as the common Cocks are fometimes by the cruel, 
and thoughtlefs part of mankind amongft us. 
The common Partridges legs. are naked, and — 
furnifhed with fpurs, (the legs” of the female has 
no {purs. ) | Siw 
It has a naked red fpot behind and, beneath 
each cye, 
‘The breaft is brown, on the male’ sis a Sata, 
mark of a deep orange-colour, in the form of a 
horfe-fhoe. . 
The tail feathers are, of a ith eek eighteen 
in number, and the fix outmoft on each fide are: 
tipped with white. iz 
It lives in the temperate parts of Tosondl and 
of Ruffia, but, is not-found in, Norway or Lap- 
laud, or perhaps:{o far to-the fouth-eaft as Turkey 
in Europe. It frequents fields, andin the winter 
makes burrows under: the fnow, with breathing 
holes at each end. It is,found too im Afia,, even 
beyond the Lake Baikal. 9 ds ic? arts 
The common Partridges feed on green corny 
various plants, and almoft all kinds. of grain, but: 
the eggs of ants is their fayourite food... -They 
pair early in the fpring, in March or April, and 
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