R A SO RES. 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 381 



TETRAONID&. 



THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix rufa. 



Red-legged Partridge, PENN. Brit. ZooL vol. i. p. 365. 



Perdix rufa, Guernsey MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Tetrao rvfus, Red-legged BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 355. 



Perdix rufa, Guernsey FLEM. Brit. An. p. 45. 



rubra, Red-legged JENVNS, Brit. Vert. p. 1 72. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvii. 



Perdrix rouge, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 485. 



IT is stated in Daniel's Rural Sports, that so long ago as 

 the time of Charles the Second, several pairs of Red-legged 

 Partridges were turned out about Windsor to obtain a 

 stock; but they are supposed to have perished, although 

 some of them, or their descendants, were seen for a few 



