60 THE GAME BIEDS AND WILD FOWL 



I ain firmly of opinion that the two birds are better apart. I would not advise 

 the introduction or the encouragement of the Bed-legged Partridge in any district 

 where the Common Partridge is already flourishing. There may be, however, 

 many wild districts unsuitable to the latter species where the former might be 

 established with advantage. One brood only is reared in the year. 



Diagnostic characters. Caccabis, with the gorget and lores black, the 

 throat white, and the feathers of the upper breast brown, spotted with black. 

 Length, 13 to 14 inches. Hybrids between this species and the Bock Partridge, 

 C. saxatilis, have been recorded. 



