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the former plants, each with a number of the black, many- 
footed grubs still clinging to it, shortly to tum into perfect 
flies, and provide for another generation to. work havoc in 
the same way. 
These grubs, however, are a very favourite food of the 
Partridge. So, too, are slugs and snails, and certain cater- 
pillars which are also mischievous in a lesser degree. The 
mischief which is done by the bird, therefore, must be 
regarded as the price which has to be paid for its services ; 
and, on the whole, it is far more of a friend than a foe. 
Like the pheasant, the Partridge makes no real nest, 
but merely places a few dead leaves or a little dry grass in 
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