AMERICAN PARTRIDGE 



AND 



PHEASANT SHOOTING. 



THE PARTRIDGES. 



'II K Partridges are erected into the family Perdiddcc 

 with severa] sub-families. They abound more or less 



fall over the surface of the Globe. One group of the 

 Partridges belong to America, all the rest to the Old 

 World. The American Partridges are erected by the auth- 

 ors into the sub-family Ortygince or Odontophorin<je. They 

 may be distinguished among the American gallince by the 

 fol 1< > wi i ig characteristics : Head feathered, nostrils protected 

 by a scale, tarsi and toes not feathered, bill stout, a toothing 

 or Indentation on the sides of the edge in the lower mandi- 

 ble, concealed in the closed mouth scarcely noticeable. In 

 this family the following species and varieties abound in 

 the United States; the name of each species and varieties 

 and their places of residence, according to Baird, Brewer 

 and Uidgway, are as follows: 



.Vo. 1. Quail; Partridge; Bob- White. This species inhabits 

 Eastern United States, to the high central plains Devil's 

 River. Texas. 



#0.2. Orty.rVirgineanus; Var.; Texanus. Inhabits South- 

 ern Texas and Valley of the Eio Grande, Eepublican River, 

 Kansas. Washita River, Indian Territory. 



