394 

 RASORES. 



TETRAONIDJ1. 



TETRAONID^E. 



THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix rufa. 

 Red-legged Partridge, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 365. 



Perdix rufa, Guernsey 

 Tetrao rufus, Red-legged 

 Perdix rufa, Guernsey 

 rubra, Red-legged 



)> 



Perdrix rouge, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 355. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 45. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 172. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 485. 



IT is stated in Daniel's Rural Sports, that so long ago as 

 the time of Charles the Second, several pairs of Red-legged 

 Partridges were turned out about Windsor to obtain a 

 stock ; but they are supposed to have perished, although 

 some of them, or their descendants, were seen for a few 



