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TETRAONIDiE. 
R A SORES. 
TETRA ON I DEE. 
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE, 
GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE, FRENCH PARTRIDGE. 
Perdix RUFA. 
PLATE LXXI. FIG. II. 
The Red-legged Partridge is, like the pheasant, 
only a native of this country by adoption, and without 
its long claim of naturalization; it is, however, becoming 
so generally dispersed through some of the southern coun¬ 
ties, that I have thought it right to give its egg a place 
in this work. In Oxfordshire, Mr. Daniel says that it is 
abundant, the Marquis of Hertford having introduced it 
by bringing over, from the Continent, many thousand 
eggs, which were reared under hens, and their produce 
turned at large. It is also abundant in the counties of 
Norfolk and Suffolk. Upon the estate of Sir Thomas 
Gooch, Bart., to whose kindness I owe the pleasure, I 
have seen several covies during a day's shooting. They 
are much wilder than the common partridge, and run 
for a considerable distance before they will take wing, 
keeping the dogs at a running point. 
The Red-legged Partridge makes more of a nest than 
the common species, and raises it a little above the level 
of the ground; it is of dry grass mixed with a few fea¬ 
thers of the bird. The usual number of eggs is from ten 
to twelve. Mr. Salmon has several spotless eggs which 
