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first find our partridges with the same facility with which our clogs 

 do ; and we might go further, and say there never was an imported 

 dog over the age of two years that ever acquired the art of finding 

 the American partridge equal to our own breed of pointers and 

 setters. 



We might enlarge considerably on this subject, but we have 

 already referred our readers to Youatt's work on the dog, wherein 

 will be found much that is interesting and useful on this head. 



MEMORANDA. 



1. Partridges are not migratory birds, although great numbers 

 show a disposition to shift their quarters at the running season. 



2. The American partridge is not a quail, either in habits, 

 appearance, or the flavor of its flesh 



3. Partridges commence pairing in March ; period of incubation, 

 three weeks. The young are capable of locomotion as soon as 

 freed from the shell, and are able to fly in three or four weeks. 



4. Not susceptible of domestication to any great extent. 



5. Partridges are granivorous, and said to be very partial to 

 buckwheat. 



6. It is not uncommon for them to produce two broods in one 

 season. 



7. Young birds have soft bills, and the legs yellowish or bluish, 

 and lack the cunning of the old birds. 



8. The English bird is much larger than the American variety. 



