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The grey partridge is a rotund bird, brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark in males, and also in many females. Hens lay up to twenty eggs in a ground nest. The nest is usually in the margin of a cereal field, most commonly winter wheat. Measurements: [9]
Gentle to the human stomach, partridge stimulated bodily fluids, raised the spirits, and firmed the muscles." [3] Probably the most famous reference to the partridge is in the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". [4] The first gift listed is "a partridge in a pear tree", and these words end each verse.
Johnson, J Mangalaraj (1968) Grey Partridge abandoning nest on removal of grass cover over its path to nest. Indian Forester 94:780. Davis, G (1939) On Indian Grey and Black Partridges (Francolinus pondicerianus and Francolinus francolinus). The Avicultural Magazine, 5 4(5):148-151. Gabriel, A (1970) Some observations on the Ceylon Grey Partridge.
Partridge. Quail. Size. Up to 12 in Long; Up to 0.75 lbs. 1 lb; 6-7in in Tall. Colors. Males have Black Faces with white stripes, Females are Mark Free. Wide Range of Hues; Can be Black with speckles
The genus Perdix was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is Latin for "partridge", which is itself derived from Ancient Greek ‘πέρδιξ’ (pérdīx). [3] They are closely related to grouse, koklass, quail and pheasants. [4]
The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colourful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Alectoris is a genus of partridges in the family Phasianidae, closely related to Old World quail (Coturnix and relatives), snowcocks (Tetraogallus), partridge-francolins (), bush quail (), and sand and see-see partridges ().
Jones was crushed when Suzanne Crough passed away in 2015 at age 52, saying at the time, "I still remember her as my young daughter on 'The Partridge Family.' She was the baby of the show. It's a ...