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rally in an open place. In winter the Partridges 

 remain together in coveys, but separate and pair 

 early in spring. The eggs are deposited on the 

 ground in a shallow hole, scratched for the pur- 

 pose, and under cover of a tuft of grass, furze, bush, 

 or other brushwood. They vary in number, from 

 twelve to twenty, and are of a pale greenish or 

 yellowish brown. 



PAKTRIDGE, RED-LEGGED. 



FRENCH OR GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE. 



PEED ix KTJFA, Mont. 



This bird is found not only in various parts 

 of Asia and Africa, but also in Europe, as in Ger- 

 many, France, and Italy, as well as in the Islands 

 of Madeira, Guernsey, and Jersey. It has been in- 

 troduced too into the southern and eastern parts of 

 England, where it is not uncommon. It prefers 

 woody and heathy wastes to cultivated land. It 

 affords less sport than the common species of Part- 

 ridge, as it runs before the dogs, the individuals 

 composing a covey dispersing and rising one after 

 another. Its mode of nesting is similar to that 

 of the other species. The female lays ten to fifteen 

 eggs of a yellowish colour, variegated with 

 greenish brown spots, very close to each other* 



