26 PARTRIDGES 



We have a large number of Chukor 

 (Caccabis chukor an Indian species 

 akin to our red-legged partridge), which 

 do fairly well and would do better if 

 they did not fight so desperately in the 

 spring, even to the death. They do not 

 appear to stray at all, and I only know 

 of one ever having been shot outside the 

 park. 



" We have also turned out a good many 

 Bamboo partridges (Bambusicola Fytchii 

 from N.E. India) ; these have bred 

 with us and there are always a few 

 about, but they cannot be said to do 

 very well. They seem to disappear, as 

 one sees them in summer with strong, 

 well-grown broods, and yet they do not 

 increase. 



"One was shot near Bedford, twelve 

 miles away, a few years ago, and a large 

 drawing of it by Frohawk appeared in the 

 Field as a ' hybrid pheasant and partridge,' 

 Mr. Tegetmeier writing a long article 

 upon the bird ! " 



The Red-legged or French partridge 



