7. Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufa

  • Latin name : Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 14
  •  Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 28,7cm ; l. 23,6cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions : drix rouge | elle (ink, at lower left)

Side view of bird in a living pose on a grassy ground.

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