24 PARTRIDGES 



buds of birch and hazel, berries and other 

 fruits, worms, insects and their larvae. 



There seems no reasonable cause why 

 they should not thrive and multiply with 

 us, if once introduced ; and as their 

 natural haunts in this country are now 

 only tenanted by the occasional caper- 

 cailzie, they would add greatly to the 

 attractions of a type of country which 

 is now practically gameless. This bird 

 deserves especial notice at this present 

 time, when the low estate of our wood- 

 lands and the advantages of growing our 

 own timber have become questions of 

 national interest, and every year we may 

 expect to see more and more waste and 

 unproductive hill land turned into forest 

 and woodland. 



Several other members of the partridge 

 family have from time to time been given 

 a trial in this country, but never with 

 more than a partial success. Such incon- 

 clusive results do not, however, warrant 

 the assumption that none of the strangers 

 are likely to do well with us, for it must 



