THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
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gently raised the bird on his wrist. Re- 
turning to the driver’s seat he started 
the machine and for a while drove with 
the partridge riding with him — stand- 
ing sometimes upon his shoulder or 
arm, sometimes upon the steering 
wheel. Meanwhile Mr. Armstrong 
kept up a constant talking or whistling 
to his pet-from-the-wild. Billy an- 
swered with a craking sound, similar 
to that sometimes made by hens, but 
so low that it could be heard only at 
close range. 
Mr. Armstrong explained to us that 
