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short odd bits put in at random it seemed. 
It was about eight feet from the ground in the 
almost vertical banked up hedge, and was 
thus very difficult to get at with a camera. 
But by the aid of a field gate near by which 
in these parts, conveniently for us, were made 
to take out of their sockets in posts at each 
side, I was able by placing it with Ted’s help 
against the bank, to get high enough to focus 
properly after fixing in position the three 
legs of the camera stand, which required 
considerable manoeuvring before they would 
come right and steady. We of course care- 
fully replaced the gate. There are two dis- 
tinct kinds of partridges in the British Isles, 
known especially to sportsmen as the Eng- 
lish or ‘nut brown’ and the French or red- 
legged. the English partridge is so called 
because it is the one indigenous to this coun- 
try. The Frénch red-legged kind having 
been introduced many years ago. The 
French kind is not liked by sportsmen so 
well as the English as it does not rise 
well like the English bird, but runs on the 
