ISO HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



1880 and 1890 coveys were hatched nearly every 

 year near Selby, in Yorkshire, and some were shot 

 there in 1894. In 1899 one was killed near Scar- 

 borough {Field, April 1, 1899). A few are re- 

 corded to have been met with in Scotland, e.g. 

 near Aberdeen (R. Gray) ; in Wigtonshire in Dec. 

 1892, where, as I am informed by Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, some had been previously turned out ; 

 in Morayshire, in Dec. 1891 and Sept. 1892, near 

 Findhorn, where four pairs were liberated by Cap- 

 tain Dunbar Brander ; and in Forfarshire, Nov. 1898 

 (Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1900, p. 50). In Ireland it 

 is unknown, except as an introduced species in Co. 

 Galway. According to Baikie and Heddle ("Fauna 

 Orcadensis," p. 56), this species, together with the 

 Common Partridge, was introduced into Orkney 

 by the Earl of that ilk in 1840, but is no longer to 

 be found there. 



As to the migratory habits of this species, see 

 Stevenson, "Birds of Norfolk," i. pp. 413-416, and 

 Cordeaux, Field, April 15, 1899. 



The Red-legged Partridge is not so liable to 

 variation in colour as the Grey Partridge, but half- 

 a-dozen white ones have been found in a covey in 

 Suffolk (Field, Dec. 19, 1896). 



The call-notes of the two species are very dis- 

 similar ; that of the Grey Partridge sounds like 

 ch-isick ; that of the red-legged bird is chuk- 

 chukor, perpetuated in the native name for its 

 Indian relative, which has a similar call. 



Many instances of Red-legged Partridges nesting 



