TETRAONIDA. Sees 
hatched by the end of June, but occasionally they 
are much later. ‘There is a note in the ‘ Zoologist’ 
of a brood being hatched as late as the 1st of Sep- 
tember, but such an extreme case as this must be in 
consequence of some accident having happened to 
the first nest or brood, and consequently a second 
nest has been made. 
The Partridge is too well-known, and too often 
seen both alive and at poulterers’ shops, to need any 
description. I may mention, however, that varieties 
occasionally occur: I saw a pied one at Mrs. Turle’s 
shop that had been shot at Lord T'aunton’s, and one 
is described in the ‘ Zoologist’ for 1864 as being 
marked precisely the same as an ordinary bird, but 
the colouring was many shades paler throughout 
and inclining to a buff or creamy tint: this is exactly 
the same sort of variety as the so-called “ Bohemian 
Pheasant,” and is not an uncommon variety in many 
species: I have seen it occur in a Hedgesparrow, a 
Woodcock, and a Snipe, as well as in the Partridge 
and Pheasant. 
The egg of the Partridge is like that of the Phea- 
sant in colour and shape, but is of course consider- 
ably smaller. 
Quam, Coturnix vulgaris. This little miniature 
Partridge occasionally occurs in the county, some- 
times in considerable numbers. Although generally 
considered a migratory species,—on the continent of 
Europe it migrates in immense numbers, arriving 
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