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tridges, just hatched, was found between Kingsbury 

 and Harrow as late as the 12th August. 



EEDLEGGED PARTRIDGE, Perdix rubra. Until 

 very recently, I was not aware that this handsome 

 species had ever been seen in Middlesex, and I am 

 still inclined to think that its occurrence here is 

 quite accidental. 



In October, 1865, a gentleman of my acquaintance 

 killed two Redlegged Partridges out of a covey near 

 Brockley Hill, and a farmer at Elstree assured me 

 that a brood had been reared upon his farm the same 

 year, and that he had shot several of them on the 

 4th September. 



By a glance at the map it will be seen that the 

 two localities above-mentioned are at no great dis- 

 tance from the borders of Hertfordshire, in some 

 parts of which county the Eedlegged Partridge is 

 not uncommon. 



QUAIL, Perdix coturnix. Of rare occurrence. In 

 the spring of 1842, a nest of thirteen eggs was 

 taken in a field between Kingsbury and Har- 

 row, about half-a-mile from Harrow Church, and 

 another nest, containing eight eggs, was taken 

 also near Harrow, in May, 1848, and was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Bond for his collection. The 

 bird has once been killed at Boreham Wood, and, 

 about six years ago, towards the end of June, a 

 solitary specimen of the Quail was shot in a field 

 near Bishop's Wood, Hampstead, by Mr. Ward, of 



