GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE. 
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brown ; the next on each side the same, but ru- 
fous on their outer webs ; the rest are rufous on 
both sides : the beak, irides, orbits, and legs, red, 
the latter in the male with a small tubercle. It 
varies in having the whole plumage whitish ; and 
also with parts white, and the rest of the body as 
usual. 
This species is found in France and Italy, but 
not in Switzerland, Germany, or to the north of 
France. A few instances have occurred of its 
having been captured at large in certain parts of 
this country, but such birds have most undoubt- 
edly escaped from the aviaries of gentlemen who 
keep them for their amusement. Many attempts 
have been made to introduce the breed into Eng- 
land, but after a few years all traces are lost : se- 
veral thousand eggs were imported into Suffolk 
by the Marquis of Hertford, which were hatched 
under hens, and liberated ; but it does not appear 
to have been followed by the introduction of the 
species, of which only a few coveys were afterwards 
found. In a state of confinement it increases, but 
not with as great facility as many other gallina- 
ceous birds: the female lays from fifteen to eighteen 
yellowish eggs, spotted with red and brown : the 
nest is placed in brambles; the bird resides in the 
open fields. 
The Kakerlik and Caspian Partridges of La- 
tham appear to be referrible to one of the red- 
legged species, but from the concise description 
given, it is impossible to ascertain to which. 
