8. Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufa

  • Latin name : Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 15
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 31,7cm ; l. 22,6cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions :  Perd| mâle (ink, at lower right)
  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical duplicate
  •  : La Perdrix Rouge femelle. N.p., , n.d.

Side view of bird in a living pose.