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The Red-legged Partridge is as yet a rare bird in Hereford- 

 shire, and the instances which have occurred here seem to have 

 been wanderers from Gloucestershire, where they are reported to 

 be on the increase. In 1864, a single bird was shot at Fawley, 

 which is now in the Hereford Museum. In 1874, Mr. Walter 

 Dew, of Netherstone, Brampton Abbots, met with a covey of five, 

 in the Abbots meadow, skirting the river, and killed a brace of 

 them. Some years since, Mr. Frank Wigmore shot a single bird at 

 Bollitree. A single bird was also killed at Eaton Bishop, in 1869, 

 which is now in the Hereford Museum. Mr. Morris, of Aston 

 Ingham, on the borders of Gloucestershire, has met with a few 

 around Longhope, within the last two or three years. On October 

 13th, 1886, a Red-legged Partridge was brought to Mr. W. C. Blake, 

 of Ross, from the Marcle district. 



[Caccabis petrosa — Barbary Partridge.] 

 A rare straggler to England. 



Genus— PERDIX. 

 PERDIX CINEREA— Partridge. 



Ah ! nut-brown Partridges ! 

 Ah ! brilliant Pheasants ! 



Bybon — Don Juan. 



The Paitrick whirrin o'er the ley. 



Burns— 5ess. 



The Partridge burst away on whirring wings. 



B-RATiiiE— Minstrel. 



To sweet repasts the unwary Partridge flies, 

 With joy amid the scattered harvest lies. 



Gax— Rural Sports. 



The covey in the morning dew 

 Which sudden rises, and with whirring wing 

 And chuckling outcry hurries down the vale. 



HuRDis— TAe Favorite Village. 



These Partridge-breeders of a thousand years. 



Tennyson — Aulmer^s Field. 



