GAME BIRDS. 69 



Fam. Phasianid.^. 



PHEASANT. Phas/amcs Colrhicns, L. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 91 ; Harting, p. 37; Dresser, vii, p. 85; See- 

 hohm, ii. p. 445 ; Ibis List, p. 141 ; Pulfeney's List, p. 6. 



As a strictly preserved species, generally dis- 

 tributed and abundant throughout the county. I 

 have in my collection a splendid hybrid between a 

 Pheasant and a Dorking hen, one of two hatched 

 in 187 1 under the care of my keeper, W. Shave, at 

 Houerhton. 



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PARTRIDGE. PenJLv clnerea, Latham. 



Yarrell, iii. p, 105; Harting, p. 39; Dresser, vii. p. 131; See- 

 bohm, ii. p. 452; Ibis List, p. 142; Tctrao perdix, Pul- 

 tenetj's List, p. 7. 



Resident and generally distributed ; its numbers 

 obviously increased by the protection afforded it by 

 game-preservers generally throughout the county. 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. Caccabis rufa, (L.) 



Yarrell, iii. p. 115; Dresser, vii. p. 103; Ibis List, p. 141; 

 Perdix rufa, Harting, p. 40; SeeboJun, ii. p. 457; Tetrao 

 rufus, Pulteneij^s List, p. 7. 



Fortunately (as some people consider) the E-ed- 

 legged Partridge has failed to attain a permanent 

 footing in this county, occasional attempts to in- 

 troduce it having proved unsuccessful. Pulteney 

 notices a specimen shot at Upwey, near Weymouth, 



