AMERICAN PARTRIDGE. 

 DOMESTICATION. 



Like our domestic birds, the partridge may, with pains, be 

 reared in confinement. A brood of young partridges has 

 been obtained by hatching under a common Bantam hen. At 

 first they may be fed on curds, and later on cracked Indian 

 com and millet. Several days of confinement are necessary 

 to induce them to f ollow the hen after the fashion of young 

 chickens. With one wing clipped, they may be allowed to 

 wander at large in the garden. Eventually, they become very 

 gentle, and at night will repair to the coop in the garden, 

 where they will nestle until morning. It is better to allow 

 the young partridges to be raised by a hen than to attempt to 

 bring them up by hand. Without much difficulty, these birds 

 become accustomed to the residence of man, and live on the 

 most intimate terms with the common poultry. 



