THE aHE££ PARTRIDCIE. 
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alarm, the great spfleil with whidi they run, and 
their uawUlingTiesta to take flij^ht, prevents them bein^ 
sought after in t!ie field. Boili t!te last are occa- 
sion ally subject to be spotted, and nearly white va- 
rieties occur. 
The neit partridge we shall notice ia one of thw 
moit heautifuUy marked* 
