BIRDS IN THE CALENDAR 
Whether or not France is to be regarded as 
the original home of the " red leg," the fact 
remains that in that country it is becoming 
scarcer every year, its numbers being main- 
.tained only in Brittany, Calvados, Orne, and 
Sarthe. Its distribution in Italy is equally 
capricious, for it is virtually restricted to 
the rocky slopes of the Apennines, the Vol- 
terrano Hills in Tuscany, and the coast ranges 
of Elba. It seems therefore that in Continental 
countries, as well as with us, the bird extends 
its range reluctantly. Game-preservers seem, 
however, to agree that partridges and pheas- 
ants are, beyond a certain point, incompatible 
as, with a limited supply of natural food, the 
smaller bird goes to the wall. Like most 
birds, partridges grow bold when pressed by 
cold and hunger, and I recollect hearing of a 
large covey being encountered ten or twelve 
years ago in an open space in the heart of 
the city of Frankfort. 
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