GRAY OR HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix 



PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



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Range. — Native to Europe and Asia from the 

 British Isles eastward to the Volga River in 

 Russia; north to southern Sweden and north- 

 western Russia; south to the Mediterranean Sea, 

 Asia Minor, and the Caspian Sea. Established 

 after introduction in extreme open country of the 

 northern United States and southern Canada. 



Habitat (in North America). — Primarily natu- 

 ral, open, dry grasslands, particularly in vicinity 

 of irrigated cropland; irrigated land in northern 

 desert scrub regions; also a few areas of extensive 

 open agricultural country in moister, originall}- 

 forested regions. 





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