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.which was accustomed to make frequent sallies 

 upon persons passing near the place of its resort. 

 I saw it myself fly boldly at the proprietor of the 

 grounds, who purposely approached the spot, in 

 order that I might witness the extent of its cou- 

 rage and ferocity; it commenced pecking his legs, 

 and striking with its wings, pursuing him for a consi- 

 derable distance down one of the walks. He said 

 that he generally carried a stick to beat it off, when- 

 ever he went that way. Some wood-cutters, who 

 were at work close by, were in the habit of pro- 

 tecting their legs with strong leather gaiters from 

 the attacks of this bird, which was constantly in- 

 terrupting and annoying them in this manner. 



PARTRIDGE.* 



June 21, 1824. A BROOD of young partridges 

 went off this morning. This species appears in 

 general to hatch about a week or ten days later 

 than the pheasant. 



A covey of these birds were bred in this neigh- 

 bourhood a few seasons back, the greater part of 

 which were perfectly white. 



Sept. 30, 1829. A FRIEND, who was lately sporting 

 in the sandy parts of Suffolk, observes that the par- 

 tridges about there are so infested this season with 

 lice, that numbers have died in consequence. He 



* Perdix cinerea, Lath. 



