54 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



with hill and valley, field and wood combined, makes 

 excellent sport for the first of September. 



A white or cream-coloured variety has been shot. 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 

 Caccabis rufa (Linn.). 



The red-legged Partridge has spread within these 

 few years all over my district ; they are fine showy - 

 looking birds and in every way capable of taking 

 care of themselves. Their habit of running before 

 the dogs causes them to be of little use to the sports- 

 man. 



QUAIL. 

 Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. 



The Quail, when inclined to pay us a visit, always 

 does so in the spring of the year, about the middle of 

 May. Their loud clear notes are occasionally heard 

 in our corn and clover fields, where they sometimes 

 breed, they are not an everyday bird ; several years 

 may pass without one being heard or seen. 



GREAT OR NORFOLK PLOVER. 

 (Edicnemus scolopax (GmeL). 



The Great Plover must be considered scarce in the 

 district ; one was shot December 23rd, 1886, another 



