On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:08:46 -0500 (EST) snsp...@aol.com wrote:
One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was "the eye of a partridge". The Arabic word is "hagali" and is supposed to be a brownish pink. In looking at partridges on-line, I can not find a close-up of a partridge eye. I can see, however, a usually bright orange rim around the eye which, I believe, is not the color that the brides were referring to.
There are MANY birds that fall into the category of "partridge" with widely varying plumage and I would guess that eye color varies as well.
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