34 Messrs. SHEPPARD and WnutrTEAR's Catalogue 
of the Ring-Dove. When the warreners find the young in a 
burrow, they fix sticks at the mouth of the hole in such a man- 
ner as to prevent the escape of the young, but to allow the old 
birds to feed them ; and when they are in good condition they 
are taken for the table. This bird is now rarely seen in Suf- 
folk ; formerly it used to visit that county in prodigious flocks 
during the winter season, feeding on the Buck-wheat stubbles. 
Mr. Leathes says that it breeds in old trees near the decoy at 
Herringfleet. It lays two eggs, which are nearly oval. 
3. C. Turtur (Turtle-Dove). 
Genus XXXVI. PnuastiANUSs. 
1. P. Colchicus (Pheasant). _ 
At Campsey Ash, where the Pheasants are well fed with pota- 
toes, buck-wheat, and barley, a cock Pheasant has been killed 
which weighed four pounds and a half. 
Genus XXXVII. Pznpix. 
1. P. rubra (Guernsey Partridge). a 
These birds are now very plentiful in some parts of Suffolk. 
We have seen at least 150 brace in a morning upon Dunming- 
worth-heath; and they are found in greater or less numbers from 
Aldborough to Woodbridge. A few are also sometimes seen 
in Norfolk. And in moving a straw-stack in the neighbourhood 
of Harleston last summer, a nest of the Red-legged Partridge 
was found upon the top of it, in which were six eggs. 
The sportsman finds birds of this kind more difficult to get at 
than the Common Partridge, as they run very much before the 
dogs. 
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