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flight is exceptionally strong and direct, and the note 

 more grating than that of the Common Partridge, but 

 the diet is similar. The eggs are larger and of a pale 



Red-legged Partridge 



yellowish colour with faint rufous spotting. As the 

 bird is a strong runner, sportsmen used to dislike its 

 presence, but in these days of driving with beaters 

 the objection has practically vanished, and the fable 

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