. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. S03. THE PARTRIDGE,{Tetrao Perdix, Lin.—Le Perdrix Grifet Buff.) The length of this bird is about thirteen bill is light brown \ eyes hazel; the general colourof its plumage is brown and ash, elegantly mixed withblack ; each feather is streaked down the middle withbufF colour *, the sides of the head are tawny; under eacheye there is a small safiron-coloured spot, which has agranulated appearance, and between the eye and the eara naked skin of a bright scarlet, which is not very conspi-cuous but in old bird
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. S03. THE PARTRIDGE,{Tetrao Perdix, Lin.—Le Perdrix Grifet Buff.) The length of this bird is about thirteen bill is light brown \ eyes hazel; the general colourof its plumage is brown and ash, elegantly mixed withblack ; each feather is streaked down the middle withbufF colour *, the sides of the head are tawny; under eacheye there is a small safiron-coloured spot, which has agranulated appearance, and between the eye and the eara naked skin of a bright scarlet, which is not very conspi-cuous but in old birds ; on the breast there is a crescentof a deep chesnut colour : the tail is short: the legs areof a greenish white, and are furnished with a small knobbehind. The female has no crescent on the breast, andher colours in general are not so distindt and bright asthose of the male. Partridges are found chiefly in temperate climates ; theextremes of heat and cold are equally unfavourable tothem : they are no where in greater plenty than in thisisland, where, in their season, they
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