Obs. rare–1. [a. F. bartavelle, a name given, according to Lavallée, on account of the bird’s monotonous note, f. med.L. bartavella for vertevella (cf. Pr. bartaveo) windlass, f. vertĕre to turn.] The Red Partridge.
1773. Barrington, in Phil. Trans., LXIII. 273, note. Buffon contends that the περδιξ of Aristotle does not mean the common partridge, but the bartavel.
[1819. in Rees, Cycl., s.v. Tetrao, The bartavelle of Buffon … the Greek or great red partridge of Willughby.]
