192 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



ORDER GALLING. 



FAMILY PHASIANID^.— GENUS PHASIANUS. 



PHEASANT. 



Phasianus colchicus, Linnfeus. 



Resident, and numerous where preserved ; artificial 

 feeding being especially resorted to away from the grain- 

 growing districts. So much crossing has taken place 

 with the Ring-necked Pheasant of Southern China 

 {P. torquatus), that specimens showing more or less of 

 a white collar are much commoner now than those with- 

 out. From ten to seventeen eggs are laid from April to 

 May, and I have seen nests among the heather on the 

 top of Longridge Fell, 1,016 feet above the sea, though 

 generall}^ they are on the lower ground. 



GENUS PERDIX. 

 PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix cinerea, Latham. 



The Partridge is a common resident, and is very 

 generally dispersed over the whole county. It varies 

 very much in numbers with the wetness or dryness of 

 the breeding-season, and hard shooting and the ceasing 

 of corn-growing have in many districts made it com- 

 paratively scarce. It lays from ten to seventeen eggs, 



