British Overseas Territories and coat of arms by the British monarch. Traditionally, the flags follow the Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly. Exceptions to this are Bermuda which uses a Red Ensign; British Antarctic Territory which uses a White Ensign; British Indian Ocean Territory which uses a Blue Ensign with wavy lines to symbolise the sea; and Gibraltar which uses a banner of its coat of arms (the flag of the city of Gibraltar). Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas
Chinese bamboo partridge Chinese bamboo partridge The Chinese bamboo partridge ("Bambusicola thoracicus") is a small Galliform bird. It is one of two species in the genus "Bambusicola", along with the mountain bamboo partridge of the Himalayas. Long believed to be a relative of "Perdix", scientists established that bamboo partridge are close relatives of the long-billed partridge and junglefowl. The Chinese bamboo partridge is a small bird, intermediate in size between the "Coturnix" and "Perdix" species, reaching a size of 31 cm, with males being slightly larger than females. The breast and back are mottled in black, chestnut, and cream colours, with black spots