176 THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 



K.ed-leggecl Partridge {Perdix rufa, Mont.) is not found 

 in Scandinavia. Neither is the common Pheasant {Fha- 

 siamis Colchmis, Linn.), although attempts on a large 

 scale were made to introduce it hy the late King Oscar. 

 Endeavours to effect that desirahle object are, however, 

 still making by a friend of mine in Sweden ; but from the 

 severity of the climate, and from the country swarming 

 with vermin and birds of prey of all sorts, it is very 

 doubtful, to my thinking, if the experiment will be 

 attended with success. 



