. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ort, extending to the width of one footmne inches, have the second, third, and fourth quills nearlyequal, and the longest, the first nearly as long as the sixth;greater and lesser wing coverts, reddish brown, tinged withgrey; the primaries, greyish black, and, except the first, withpart of the outer webs yellowish brown; seven of the second-aries have also part of the outer web dull yellow; they tooare gre^nsh black, as are the tertiaries. The tail, of sixteenfeathers, has the four middle ones reddish brown, tingedwith grey, the others
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ort, extending to the width of one footmne inches, have the second, third, and fourth quills nearlyequal, and the longest, the first nearly as long as the sixth;greater and lesser wing coverts, reddish brown, tinged withgrey; the primaries, greyish black, and, except the first, withpart of the outer webs yellowish brown; seven of the second-aries have also part of the outer web dull yellow; they tooare gre^nsh black, as are the tertiaries. The tail, of sixteenfeathers, has the four middle ones reddish brown, tingedwith grey, the others brownish red; upper tail coverts,reddish brown, tinged with grey; under tail coverts, lightyellowish red. Legs, with a blunt spur, and toes, brightred; on the first are five, on the second sixteen, on thethird twenty-two, and on the fourth eighteen narrow plates;claws, dusky brown. Female; length, one foot one inch; the crescent on therfcck is narrower, and pale, and the spots on its lower partmuch smaller; the legs, light yellowish brown, have no 223 BARBARY PARTRIDGE. Perdix petrosa, Latham. Perdix—K Partridge. Petrosa—Of the rocks—Rocky. The Barbary Partridge, as its name conveys, is found onthe north-western and north^n-n coasts of Africa, from Senegalto Morocco, Barbary, and Algeria, where it is said to be ver}-common. It is found also in the islands of the Mediterranean,Majorca, Minorca, Corsica, Malta, Sardinia, and Sicily; inEurope also in Spain, France, Italy, and Greece; and in Asiain the region of the Caucasus. A specimen of this species, a female, was found dead in afield at Edwardthorpe, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,in April, 1842. It had every appearance of being a wildbird. About the same period another was shot by a noblemanon the estate of the Marquis of Hertford, at Sudbourn, inSuffolk. It appears that about the year 1770, some eggshad been imported into that part of the country by thethen Marquis and Lord Bendlesham. Edwards wrote in 1S02t
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