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Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe and Africa north of Sahara, 

 east to west Asia, exact limit eastwards not yet fully known. 

 Partial migrant, wintering in Mediterranean countries, Africa, and 

 India. Replaced by allied races in Atlantic isles, Africa south of 

 Sahara, and east Asia to Japan. 



CACCABIS RUFA 



469. Caccabis rufa rufa (L.) — THE RED-LEGGED 



PARTRIDGE. 



Tetrao rufus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 160 (1758 — Part. 



S. Europe). 



Caccabis rufa (Linnaeus), Yarrell, in, p. 115 ; Saunders, p. 503. 



Distribution. — England. — Resident. Introduced Suffolk about 

 1770, and subsequently many places, now found in Yorks., midlands 

 and southwards, west to Somerset and sparingly north Wales, and 

 by recent introductions in many other parts. Some evidence of 

 immigration on east and south-east coasts. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Belgium, France, and apparently north 

 Spain, Italy, north to west and south Switzerland, and Balearic 

 Isles ( ? ). Replaced by very closely-allied forms in south 

 Spain, possibly Corsica, Canaries, and Madeira, but introduced in 

 Azores. 



