. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . een at all feafons; in France andGermany, which countries they inhabit likewife, they are Sweden and Denmark they are pretty conftant inhabitants. Thefpecies occurs alfo in the weftern part o
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . een at all feafons; in France andGermany, which countries they inhabit likewife, they are Sweden and Denmark they are pretty conftant inhabitants. Thefpecies occurs alfo in the weftern part of Siberia, and a fuppofedvariety extends as far as Perfia. In a wild ftate, the haunts of this bird are the moil retired placesamong rocks, or ruined edifices, in the cavities of which they con-llruft their nefts : occafionally they build in trees, but not commonly*Their eggs, from five to fix in number, are of a paler colour, andhave a fmaller number of fpots, than the hooded crow. This fpecies feeds on infeQs, grain, and feeds. It is of a dociledifpofition, and may be eafily rendered tame, but invariably retains itspilfering inclinations even in a ftate of domeftication. The note ofthis bird is very peculiar:—an ejaculation of the words Jakdaw,Jakdaw, not indiftin£lly articulated, and repeated at regular intervals ;ibis note is often heard while the bird is on the wing. PLATE /3/. PLATE CXXXL PERDIX RUFA. RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. Gallin^e. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill convex, and llrong : noflrils with a prominent margin : ©rbitlpapillous: legs naked, and moflly armed with a fpur. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Legs and bill fanguineous: chin white, furrounded with a blackband, and fpotted with white. Perdix RUFA. Laih, Ind, Orn, 647. n, U. Tetrao rufus: pedibus rollroque fanguineis, gula alba fafcia nigra albo-pun6lata. Kram* el. n. S57. n, 5,Tetrao rufus; reftricibus cinereis, fuperiore medietate hinc inde rufis. Linn. Fn. Suec. grasca. Briff. av. 1. p. 241.
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