Partridge
the genus Perdix, and especially P. cinerea, the common or gray well-known game bird partridge, widely distributed in Europe. General tone of plumage brown; neck and upper sides, part of the breast, sides, and flanks bluish gray, freckled with dark gray, PARTRIDGE lower breast with a rich chestnut horseshoe-shaped patch on a ground of white; sides and flanks barred with chestnut; thighs grayish white; legs and toes bluish white, claws brown. Length of adult male about 12 inches. It feeds on slugs, caterpillars, and grubs to a large extent, and so compensates the farmer for the injury it does. In the United States, any one of the several species belonging to the genus Colinus, including the bobwhite and other quail-like birds.
Also a large bombard formerly used in sieges and defensive works.