CHAPTER YI 



THE PARTRIDGE. PERDIX VIRGINIANUS. 



"How beautiful they look! with outstretched tails. 

 With hcp-ds immovable and eyes fast fixed, 

 One foreleg raised and bent, the other firm. 

 Advancing forward, presses on the ground!" 



This beautiful Bird, so well known and eagerly sought after 

 by all the Sportsmen of our country, is found in considerable 

 abundance in almost every State of the Union, extending from 

 the extreme parts of Canada, even to the southernmost banks 

 of the Eio Grande. YThe inhabitants of the Northern States 

 call it Quail)(, in the Middle or Southern States it is more 

 familiarly known as the Partridge, or Virginia Partridge. 



The habits and natural history of the American Partridge 

 having already been so amply descanted upon by many able 

 Ornithologists who have graced this country by their presence, 

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