220 PARTRIDGE, 



12.. ' Guernfey Partridge, G^«. 5y». iv. p. 768, 



Var. A. 

 "•-GUERNSEY P. pROM this fpecies being now and then met with at large in- 

 this kingdom, one might be induced to think that it may be 

 by degrees naturalized thereto. Several gentlemen, and efpccially 

 the late Duke oi Northumberland, have turned out many brace for 

 thepurpofe. It has alfo been mentioned, that fo far back as the 

 time of Charles the Second, feveral pairs were turned out abouc 

 Wind/or, for the purpofe of increafing; but it is fuppofed that 

 they at laft periflied, though fome of them, or their defcendants, 

 were feen a few years afterwards. Indeed they feem to thrive fuf- 

 ficiently well in a confined Hate, as I myfelf have known them to 

 do J but have been informed, that, on their being put out after- 

 wards to fliifc for themfelves, they died foon after, as was the cafe 

 •with fome in the pofleffion of Mr. Tunjlall. Is not then this cli- 

 mate of too moift or too chilly a nature for this bird, or perhaps 

 both ? I have once tailed their flefh, and thought it very deli- 

 cate, as do the inhabitants of every place to which they are indi- 

 genous, efpecially in France, where they are made into pies, and 

 - efteemed greatly. 



A bird fimilar to the above, or rather the Greek Partridge, in- 

 habits India, but feems fomewhat larger, being fourteen inches inr 

 length. I learn this from various drawings, efpecially thofe of 

 Lady Impey and Mr. Middleton. This laft-named gentleman in- 

 forms me, that it is far from uncommon, and often kept tame. It 

 is known in India by the name of Cheucquoir : is called by the 

 Englijh, Firelock, as it will peck at fparks o^ fire on the ground. 

 Mr, Boys, of Sandwich, lately informed me, that fome Partridges 



were 



