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the corner of some steep bank, and when you had 

 steamed up to them pumped and blown — the wind 

 havino- been knocked out of you — to take your shot 

 at a strong covey whizzing- over a hedge. 



The Partridge, according to Howard Saunders, is 

 found in Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, 

 France, down to Savoy, both sides of the Pyrenees, 

 Italy, as far as Naples, and in Central and Eastern 

 F.urope, where it is abundant. 



I have met with three different kinds of so-called 

 Partridges in India, the Black, the Painted, and 

 the Grey, and there are others. These birds 

 are not true Partridges, but Francolins, or, as some 

 people call, on account of the spurs. Spur-legged 

 Partridees. 



CASE 65. 



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, WAXWING, 

 RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 



The Waxwing. 



Order, Passeres. Family, Ampelidce. 



I do not propose to write much about these two 

 handsome specimens, simply because I have not 

 been associated with them in any way. In the year 

 1893 or 1894 it was reported to me by some friends, 

 with whom I was staying in Surrey, that some 

 beautiful little birds were hanging up in Leadenhall 

 Market for sale, and were being rapidly bought up 



