THE PARTRIDGE AT HOME AND ABROAD 11 



In the north of Europe the partridge is but 

 sparsely represented, as might be inferred from the 

 prevailing conditions of physical life. In Belgium, as 

 in the north of France, the bird is thoroughly at 

 home on well-cultivated lands a remark that applies 

 to Holland as well, though the partridge frequents 

 the moors of that country as well as the cornfields. 

 Similarly, it is found commonly in most parts of 

 Denmark a fact worth noting, for it becomes scarce 

 on the other side of the Cattegat. It was not, indeed, 

 indigenous to Norway, so far as we know, having 

 made its first voluntary appearance, in that country 

 about the year 1 744, according to the calculations of 

 Professor Collett, who states that the migrating host 

 entered Norway from Sweden, and was followed by a 

 second party of colonists from the same quarter about 

 the year 1811. The latter movement was of great 

 importance, as enabling the species to spread over a 

 large portion of Southern Norway. Its distribution in 

 that country is limited to the more fertile valleys ; at 

 least, it is so restricted under ordinary circumstances, 

 but not exclusively. Instances of the partridge stray- 

 ing to higher elevations have been authenticated, as 

 happened in the year 1860, when a covey of these 

 birds made their appearance upon the Fillefjeld, at an 

 altitude of 3,200 feet above the level of the sea. The 



