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  BLEtDS. 
  

  

  none 
  at 
  all.' 
  There 
  seems 
  little 
  doubt 
  these 
  introduced 
  Red-legs 
  

   have 
  travelled 
  westwards 
  — 
  a 
  curious 
  fact 
  which 
  usually 
  seems 
  to 
  

   result 
  from 
  introductions 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  nature. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  if 
  any 
  more 
  statistics 
  could 
  be 
  collected 
  showing 
  any 
  exten- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  further 
  than 
  we 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  aware 
  of. 
  But 
  we 
  

   cannot 
  help 
  thinking 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  mistake 
  to 
  introduce 
  Red-legs 
  any- 
  

   where, 
  knowing 
  the 
  pugnacious 
  and 
  overbearing 
  disposition 
  of 
  

   1 
  these 
  Frenchmen.' 
  We 
  know 
  how 
  ' 
  that 
  Frenchman 
  ' 
  is 
  detested 
  

   in 
  Cambridgeshire, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  only 
  fit 
  for 
  being 
  driven. 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  Findhorn 
  on 
  September 
  

   20th, 
  1892 
  (W. 
  Brown). 
  

  

  Perdix 
  cinerea, 
  Lath. 
  Partridge. 
  

   Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Pairtrick. 
  

  

  Fairly 
  abundant 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  cultivated 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  area 
  wherever 
  

   they 
  are 
  afforded 
  sufficient 
  protection. 
  Pairs 
  are 
  frequently 
  found 
  

   far 
  up 
  the 
  lonely 
  straths 
  at 
  some 
  shepherd's 
  house, 
  where 
  they 
  

   rear 
  their 
  brood 
  and 
  remain 
  until 
  driven 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  winter's 
  

   storms, 
  a 
  pair, 
  but 
  no 
  more, 
  returning 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  

   old 
  quarters 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  All 
  through 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Ross-shire 
  Partridges 
  are 
  very 
  abundant, 
  

   the 
  dry 
  soil 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  places 
  exactly 
  suiting 
  them. 
  Indeed, 
  they 
  

   would 
  become 
  much 
  more 
  so 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  hedges 
  in 
  which 
  

   to 
  nest, 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  poaching 
  that 
  is 
  carried 
  on, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Tain 
  and 
  Evanton. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Partridges 
  will 
  take 
  to 
  the 
  hill, 
  quite 
  

   away 
  from 
  any 
  houses, 
  though 
  the 
  locality 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   unsuitable 
  to 
  their 
  requirements 
  — 
  some 
  old 
  'toun' 
  being 
  sought 
  

   out. 
  1 
  

  

  At 
  Guisachan, 
  where, 
  though 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  glen, 
  the 
  Beauly 
  

   valley 
  is 
  low, 
  well 
  sheltered, 
  and 
  cultivated, 
  the 
  birds 
  do 
  well, 
  and 
  

   the 
  keeper 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  twenty, 
  and 
  even 
  thirty, 
  

   brace 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  there 
  in 
  one 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  O.S.A. 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  references, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Kirkhill 
  

   (vol. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  114); 
  Rothiemurchus 
  and 
  Duthil 
  (loc. 
  ext. 
  p. 
  290); 
  

   Kilmalie 
  (vol. 
  viii. 
  p. 
  423); 
  Grange 
  (vol. 
  ix. 
  p. 
  581). 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Stirling 
  there 
  are 
  abundance 
  of 
  what 
  sportsmen 
  know 
  by 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Hill 
  Partridges. 
  

  

  