American Partridge 



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PHEASANT SHOOTING. 



THE PAETEIDGES, 



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HHE Partridges are erected into the family Perdicidce 

 ^M^l with several sub-families. They abound more or less 



s^?^ all over the surface of the Globe. One group of the 



^"Y^ Partridges belong to America, all the rest to the Old 

 World. The American Partridges are erected bj' the auth- 

 ors into the sub-family Ortygince or Odontophorince. They 

 may be distinguished among the American gallmce bj" the 

 following characteristics : Head feathered, nostrils protected 

 by a scale, tarsi and toes not feathered, bill stout, a toothing 

 or bidentation on the sides of the edge in the lower mandi- 

 ble, concealed in the closed mouth scarcely noticeable. In 

 this family the following species and varieties abound in 

 the United States ; the name of each species and varieties 

 and their places of residence, according to Baird, Brewer 

 and Ridgway, are as follows : 



JVo.l. Quail; Partridge; Bob-White. — This species inhabits 

 Eastern United States, to the high central plains — Devil's 

 River. Texas. 



No. 2. Ortij.r Virgineamis; Var.; Texanus. — Inhabits South- 

 ern Texas and Yalley of the Rio Grande, Republican River, 

 Kansas, Washita River, Indian Tei-ritory. 



