RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE, 
CACCABIS RUFA (Linn.). 
Tetrao rufus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 276 (1766). 
Perdix rubra, Naum. vi. p. 563; Macg. i. p. 215. 
Perdix rufa, Hewitson, i. p. 282. 
Caccabis rufa, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 115; Dresser, vii. p. 103. 
Perdrix rouge, French; Roth-Feldhuhn, German ; Perdiz, 
Spanish. 
The Red-legged Partridge was introduced into our 
eastern counties towards the end of the last century, 
and finding suitable conditions of soil and climate, soon 
became well established there, and has now spread into 
many of our English counties. In Spain this species is 
very abundant ; it is found in most parts of France, but 
is not common in the northern provinces; it is to be 
met with in Northern Italy, Corsica, Elba, and other 
islands of the ‘Tuscan Archipelago, not in Sardinia or 
Sicily, and has not been recorded as occurring out of 
Europe. 
