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. 



