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instances in the south-east of the county, whither 

 it had probably strayed from Yorkshire. In 1862, 

 an attempt was made by the late Mr. Jackson 

 Gillbanks, of Whitefield House, to establish this 

 species, but the stock raised was soon shot off. A 

 similar experiment was made about five years since 

 in the Keswick district, but this also met with 

 failure. 



Genus PERDIX. 



P. Cinerea. Partridge. 



The Partridge is a numerous resident, nesting 

 up to the base of our highest fells. Sportsmen 

 consider the fell birds to be generally smaller and 

 more grey than those of lower districts. The 

 Partridge rarely perches, but one of our cor- 

 respondents shot an example off a barn roof; and 

 Mr. Tom Duckworth observed a covey, which he 

 had previously sprung, alight on a spruce fir, near 

 Cannobie, October 13th, 1881. Birds, exhibiting 

 white "horse shoes," occur almost every season in 

 the Carlisle district. 



Genus COTURNIX. 



C. Communis. Quail. 



The Quail is a summer visitant, of local and 

 irregular appearance. The trisyllabic call of the 

 male is known to many, but the bevies annually 

 reared are very few in number, and chiefly occur 

 in the north of the county. The occasional pre- 

 sence of the Quail in early winter is attested to by 

 Dickinson and T. C. Heysham. 



