136 VIRGINIAN PARTRIDGE. 



abandoned by her, associated with the cows, which they regularly 

 followed to the fields, returned with them when they came home in the 

 evening, stood by them while they were milked, and again accompanied 

 them to the pasture. These remained during the winter, lodging in 

 the stable, but as soon as spring came they disappeared/ 



J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has favoured 

 me with the egg of this species for delineation in this work. 



