530 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



In the North Riding, at Hornby Castle, near Bedale, 

 and at Swinton Park, near Masham, some were turned out 

 about 1846-47, but were afterwards killed off, though on 

 the latter estate a brace appeared so recently as 1890. In 

 Cleveland, as mentioned by me in the Field (i4th March and 

 4th April 1881), this bird was first made known about 1860 by 

 the late Lord de L'Isle and Dudley, who liberated some fifty 

 pairs at Ingleby Manor.* None of these were killed there, 

 but they strayed away and a few brace were, at intervals, 

 obtained in the surrounding districts, at Deighton, Ormesby, 

 and Bonny Grove ; they were fairly numerous in 1875 at 

 Gunnergate, and several coveys were at Newham about that 

 period ; in 1883 two were killed by flying against a wire fence, 

 and one was procured at Bonny Grove, while two more were 

 shot there in 1887. A pair that nested at Otterington in 1879, 

 and examples that were met with at Thirsk and Hovingham, 

 may have sprung from the Ingleby birds, all of which appear 

 to have died out ; but the sudden reappearance of the species 

 in north-west Cleveland in 1890, when three were shot by 

 Mr. E. B. Emerson at Bonny Grove, and one by Mr. Mills at 

 Newham, induced me to institute inquiries, with the result 

 that I learnt from Mr. (now Sir) A. E. Pease that he had turned 

 down several pairs at Pinchinthorpe, and about the same 

 time some were introduced by Sir I. L. Bell at Rounton 

 Grange. It is evident, however, that the country is not 

 suited to the birds' requirements, for they have not become 

 acclimatized, and only two odd examples have been reported 

 within the past fourteen years, viz., one at West Coatham 

 in January 1899, and another which was caught in a yard in 

 the heart of Middlesbrough in March 1903. During the 

 past spring (1906), some twenty to thirty pairs were turned 

 out in north-east Cleveland, where they nested. 



The only noteworthy incident connected with nidification 

 is that of the discovery of a nest at Boston Spa containing 

 fourteen eggs of the common Partridge, one of a Pheasant, 

 and two belonging to the species under notice. 



Besides its ordinary name of Red-legged Partridge, this 

 bird is known to sportsmen as French Partridge, or Frenchman. 



