70 FRANK SCHLEY'S PARTRIDGE AND PHEASANT SHOOTING. 



flesh of Partridges and Pheasants which have fed upon 

 them during winter. I cannot vouch for the correctness 

 of these statements; as far as 1 am concerned, I have 

 eaten hundreds of Partridges and Pheasants, and so far I 

 have never experienced any bad consequences after having 

 partaken of the flesh, though when I take into considera- 

 tion the respectability of those, some of whom are respect- 

 able and eminent physicians, who have particularized and 

 published in Medical Journals cases where it has proved 

 injurious and even fatal, I am more than inclined to be- 

 lieve there is some foundation for these charges. Baird, 

 Brewer and Eidgway state that in confinement they eat 

 beechnuts, acorns, and other kinds of nuts, if broken for 

 them. In villages where they are not molested, they be- 

 come very tame, freely approach the barn-yards to feed 

 with the poultry, and will even come at the call of their 

 friends and pick up food thrown to them. This is espe- 

 cially noticeable in Florida, where the representatives of 

 the small race of the species found there are very numer- 

 ous and remarkably confiding. 



