CONTENTS 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PARTRIDGE 



BY THE REV. H. A. MACPHERSON 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE PARTRIDGE AT HOME AND ABROAD . 3 



II. PARTRIDGES IN THE FIELDS . . . . 14 



III. LOVE AND COURTSHIP 25 



IV. As CONCERNING PARTRIDGE-NESTS . 37 

 V. PARTRIDGES AS PETS . . . ... 47 



VI. THE COLOURS OF PARTRIDGES . . . . 54 

 VII. POACHING PARTRIDGES 66 



SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGE 



BY A. J. STUART-WORTLEY 



I. ' ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO ' 85 



II. ' TOUJOT-RS PERDRIX' FORM GOOD AND BAD . 95 

 III. DRIVING . . . . . . . . 119 



