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Salonica, about the mouth of the river Vardar ; and I have been 

 informed^ on good authority, that Pheasants are also to be found 

 in the woods of Vhrakori in /Etoha, about midway between the 

 Gulfs of Lepanto and Arta. 



153. Greek Partridge. {Perdix grceca.) 



This is the Common Partridge of Epirus and the Ionian 

 Islands ; it is not very abundant in Corfu, where it is only to be 

 met with on the ridge of San Salvador. The Greek Partridge 

 haunts the stony hill-sides, — never, as far as my own observation 

 goes, descending to the plain. It is not easy to make a good 

 bag of these birds, even in localities where they are numerous, 

 as the coveys disperse on being disturbed; and on alighting, each 

 bird takes a line of its own, and sets off running to the nearest 

 covert, which in these parts generally consists of thick evergreen 

 scrub, from which it is very difficvxlt to flush them. In the 

 Ionian Islands they are most abundant in Cephalonia, Santa 

 Maura, Kalamo, Petala, Arkudi, and Meganisi. The flesh of 

 this species is, to my taste, far superior to that of either of its 

 congeners, P. rubra or P- petrosa. 



154. Grey Partridge. [Perdix cinerea.) 



This species is common in the cultivated plains of Albania 

 proper, in which pi'ovinces I have seen and shot it near Antivari. 

 In Epirus it is found in considerable numbers near Joannina, 

 and in the plains of Arta. I have also heard of its occurrence in 

 the neighbourhood of Avlona, about eighty miles north of the 

 island of Corfu. 



155. Quail. {Coturnix vulgaris.) 



A few Quails remain the whole year in Corfu and Epirus ; 

 but great numbers arrive every year in April, and remain for a 

 few days. On the little island of Eano especially, they some- 

 times at that season alight in incredible numbers, often only 

 remaining a single night. I have occasionally met with good 

 sport at Quails in the maize-fields of Epirus in September; 

 these were chiefly young birds that had been bred in the country. 

 A few are always to be found in winter on the grassy hills of the 

 mainland opposite to Corfu, particularly on those near the little 

 harbour of Paqrauia. 



