in the hollows or in the tops of old pollard trees, and it 
will breed in confinement. 
The eggs of this is much larger than that of the common 
species ; the colour is a dull flesh colour, with blotches, or 
a darker hue : for a representation of which. See Ovarium 
Brittannicum, pt. 1. Perdix plate. 
There are three varieties of this species, eommon to the 
southern parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa; of these the 
Barbary Partridge corresponds with the one now figured, 
excepting that where this is black that is of a fine rich 
brown colour. The variety known as the Greek Partridge, 
though nearly resembling the Red-legged, we are inclined 
to esteem as a distinct species rather than a variety, as it 
possesses but fourteen tail feathers, a circumstance, we be- 
lieve, without a parallel, in the variations to which birds 
are subject : for instance, the Shag and Cormorant, though 
exactly resembling in colour, may, with certainty, always 
be identified by the number of tail-feathers, the Shag- 
having invariably twelve and the Cormorant fourteen. 
^ The species is very generally known by the name of 
Guernsey Partridge, a name to which it certainly has 
no pretensions, being entirely unknown in the island, 
excepting what may be occasionally imported. 
This bird is not a favourite with English sportsmen, as, 
by its continually running, it does not give the dogs oppor- 
tunity to point, and they are often thrown completely off 
the scent by the birds alighting on trees. The flesh is 
