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FAM. PHASIANID^E. 



PHEASANT. Phasianus Golchicus, L. 



Yatrell, iii. p. 91; Harting, p. 37 ; Dresser, vii. p. 85; See- 

 bohm, ii. p. 445 ; Ibis List, p. 141 ; Pulteney's List, p. 6. 



As a strictly preserved species, generally dis- 

 tributed and abundant throughout the county. I 

 have in my collection a splendid hybrid between a 

 Pheasant and a Dorking hen, one of two hatched 

 in 1871 under the care of my keeper, W. Shave, at 

 Houghton. 



PARTRIDGE. Perdix cinerea, Latham. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 105; Harting, p. 39; Dresser, vii. p. 131; See- 

 bohm, ii p. 452; Ibis List, p. 142; Tetrao perdix, Pul- 

 teney's List, p. 7. 



Resident and generally distributed ; its numbers 

 obviously increased by the protection afforded it by 

 game-preservers generally throughout the county. 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. CaccaUs rufa, (L.) 



Yarrell, iii. p. 115; Dresser, vii. p. 103; Ibis List, p. 141; 

 Perdix rufa, Harting, p. 40; Seebohm, ii. p. 457; Tetrao 

 rufus, Pulteney's List, p. 7. 



Fortunately (as some people consider) the Red- 

 legged Partridge has failed to attain a permanent 

 footing in this county, occasional attempts to in- 

 troduce it having proved unsuccessful. Pulteney 

 notices a specimen shot at Upwey, near Weymouth, 



