BED-LEGGED PAETRIDGE. 



CACCABIS RUFA (Linn.). 



Tetrao rufus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 276 (1766). 

 Perdix rubra, Naum. vi. p. 563; Macy. 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. 



