The Key to Scientific Names
- Sacfa
(Phasianidae; syn. Perdix † Tibetan Partridge P. hodgsoniae) East Tibetan name Sakpha for the Tibetan Partridge (cf. Rhakpa in central Tibet); "To General Jung Bahadoor, prime minister of Nepal, I am indebted for the gift of a fine sample, of what appears to me decidedly a new species, and probably also a new type, of the partridge group of birds. The General in his recent military expedition into Tibet procured the bird alive. But it died at Kathmandu and he sent me the spoils, in very fine condition. Perdicinæ. Genus Sacfa mihi. Sakpha of the Tibetans. S. Hodgsoniæ* mihi. ... This fine species is denominated Sakpha by the Tibetans. It was obtained in the western part of the province of Tsang. I know nothing of its habits. ... * I take the liberty of dedicating this handsome species to Mrs. Hodgson, whose accurate and tasteful delineations of Himalayan scenery will do much to attract attention to this fine field for scientific research." (Hodgson 1857); "Sacfa Hodgson, 1857, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, XXV (II), p. 165. Type, by monotypy, Sacfa hodgsoniae Hodgson, 1857." (JAJ 2020).
