54 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Messrs. Baikie and Heddle inform us that it has been, within 
a few years, successfully introduced into the islands of Rousay 
and Shapinshay, in Orkney. / 
Caccasis RuFA (G. R. Gray). Red-legged Partridge. 
Provinces. LLL. IVES Xe Sane 
Subprovinces 7, 8-12, 13?, 19, 20, 23, 25. 
Lat. 50°-55°. Not native. “Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
Introduced about one hundred years ago, the Red-legged Par- 
tridge has become very numerous in some of the eastern counties, 
where, in the struggle for life, it has been stated to have in some 
places nearly supplanted the Common Grey Partridge. 
There must be some local influences that limit the range of 
the Red-legged Partridge in this country, since the attempts made 
to establish it in Dorset, Hereford, Derby, and East Yorkshire 
appear to have failed; nor has the bird hitherto spread to any 
of our south-western shires. I am informed by Mr. T. Gough 
that it has bred regularly of late years in Westmoreland. 
The bird is returned as now breeding occasionally in Kent 
(Mr. G. Jell). In Essex, Herts, Oxford (occasionally), Bucks, 
Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon (occasionally), North- 
ampton (occasionally), Lincoln, Rutland (occasionally), and 
West York (very rarely). 
The Rev F. J. Scott believes that it is established in the hills 
of Gloucestershire; but some confirmation of this last locality 
appears desirable. 
Coturnix communis (Bonn.). Common Quail. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
Subprovinces 2-8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19-23, 24-29, 
30,35, 32735: 
Lat. 50°-59°. “ British ” type, or general. 
Thinly scattered, during the breeding-season, from the south 
of England to the very north of Scotland. Yet there are few 
counties in which the Quail is considered to breed annually ; nor 
can these be grouped in any manner so as to show where the 
species is most numerous, 
