| 1816 - 338 pages
...somewhat the flavour of tlie hare. THE PARTRIDGE. (Tetrao Pcrdix, Lin. — Le Perdrix Grise, Buff.) THE length of this bird is about thirteen inches....hazel ; the general colour of its plumage is brown and nsh, elegantly mixed with black ; each feather is streaked down the middle with buff colour ; the sides... | |
| Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 248 pages
...sometimes give their flesh a bitter taste. THE PARTRIDGE. THIS bird is about thirteen inches in length. The general colour of its plumage is brown and ash,...black ; each feather is streaked down the middle with buflf colour ; the sides of the head are tawny; the eyes are hazel, and under each eye there is a small... | |
| Thomas Bewick - 1826 - 446 pages
...; each feather streaked down the middle with buff; the sides of the head arc tawny ; under each eye is a small saffron-coloured spot, which has a granulated...appearance, and between the eye and the ear a naked skin of a bright scarlet, which is not very conspicuous but in old birds ; on the breast there is a crescent... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pages
...England, is most prolific, and always keeps on the ground. This bird is about thirteen inches in length. The general colour of its plumage is brown and ash,...with buff colour ; the sides of the head are tawny ; the eyes are hazel, and under each eye there is a small saffron-coloured spot, which has a granulated... | |
| Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...the ground. This bird is about thirteen inches in length. The general colour of its plumage is bro^n and ash, elegantly mixed with black; each feather...with buff colour; the sides of the head are tawny; the eyes are hazel, and under each eye there is a small saffron-coloured spot, which has a granulated... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...• • • The par differs from the small mountain PARTRIDGE, (Tetrao Perdix, LINN. bird of game. The length of this bird is about thirteen inches....small saffron-coloured spot, which has a granulated appearsince, and between the eye and the саг а naked skin of a bright scarlet, which is not very... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...hybridous diminutive. We nearly filled our (basket ; we reckoned them, 'and they amounted to above 200. The length of this bird is about thirteen inches....each feather is streaked down the middle with buff gether, point out to them their proper food, and assist them in finding it by scratching the ground... | |
| 1834 - 700 pages
...cock of the plains. THE PARTRIDGE. i THIS bird is about thirteen inches in length. The general color of its plumage is brown and ash, elegantly mixed with...each feather is streaked down the middle with buff color; the sides of the head are tawny; the eyes are hazel, and under each eye there is a small saffron-colored... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...power to change their master, by changing their habitation.1 l The length of the partridge is about l3 inches. The bill is light brown ; eyes hazel ; the...appearance, and between the eye and the ear a naked skin of a bright scarlet, which is not very conspicuous but in old birds ; on the breast there is a crescent... | |
| 1853 - 402 pages
...name. The Partridge is a beautiful bird. It is about one foot in length. " The general color of the plumage is brown and ash, elegantly mixed with black...each feather is streaked down the middle with buff color : the sides of the head are tawny ; the eyes are hazel ; and under each eye there is a saffron-colored... | |
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