PARTRIDGE. 293 



The late Duchess of Portland, the Duke of Northumberland, 

 and several other Gentlemen, have frequently turned out pairs at a 

 proper season, but by some means, they have either been killed or 

 dispersed. So far back as the Reign of Charles the Second, several 

 pairs were set at liberty about Windsor, which met with the same 

 fate, though here and there one was seen a few years after.* The 

 late Mr. Tunstall tried the same experiment with equally bad success, 

 for they did not live long; but as this was tried in Yorkskire, he 

 conjectured, that the climate might be too cold for their nature; yet 

 the comparatively greater warmth of some of our western counties, 

 we should apprehend might favour the attempt, if tried upon a large 

 scale.f The flesh is every where esteemed; and in France, especially 

 about Perigord, is made into pies, which are exported into other 

 countries at a very high price. J 



28— BARBARY PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix rufa, Ind. Orn. ii. 647. 12. y. Gerin. iii. t. 257. Klein, 115. iv. 



rubra Barbarica, Bris. i. 239. Id. 8vo. i. 67. Tern. Man. d'Om. 308. Id. 



Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 368. 

 Perdrix rouge de Barbarie, Baf. ii. 445. Voy. en Barb. i. 270. 

 Barbary Partridge, Gen. Syn. iv. 770. Edw. pi. 70. Shaw's Trav. p, 300 ? 



THIS is thirteen inches long, breadth eighteen ; weight fourteen 

 ounces and a half. Bill scarlet; irides hazel ; eyelids and round the 

 eye scarlet ; top of the head bright chestnut, passing down to the 



* The late Dr. Hugh Smith assured me, that they have often bred in England, to his 

 knowledge, and that he has frequently met with them ; and observed, that they will run on 

 the ground for a mile together, to the great disappointment of the sportsmen, for they 

 tease the pointers, and are apt to spoil them for other game. 



f I remember to have seen at Christchurch, in Hampshire, several of the Mesembrian- 

 themum Genus, the Cactus opuntia, and decemangularis, and some others, usually kept 

 in the green-house, living upon old walls and rubbish throughout the winter. 



X Called Perigord Pies. 



