OF BIRDS 5» 9 
and {cratches the ground for worms, for infects, 
and for grain. 
When a dog has found a covey, and purfues 
it earneftly, the old cock Partridge has been feen 
to turn again beating with his wings, as though 
it were his intention to attack the dog; fome- 
times too he will counterfeit lamenefs, and limp, 
and trail his wings juft before the dog or the 
fowler, in order to miflead them. 
The female, always flies. in another diceStion, 
and when fhe is got to fome diftance,. runs back 
filently along the furrow, and aflembles her young, 
which were lying ftill, fquat upon the ground, 
among the grafs and leaves. She foon colleéts 
them together, and leads them very filently to a 
great diftance, before the fowler and the dog, 
who have been purfuing the male bird, can re- 
turn. 
‘There are more male than. female Partridges ; 
on this account methods have been attempted - of 
taking only the feemingly unnecediary males, 
One method is to ufe a hen Partridge as a decoy 
bird; the males will come at her call into the 
traps that are fet for them, and it is faid that they 
are drawn fo powerfully by her cry, as to Aly even 
upon the roofs ef houles, or the fhoulders of the 
fowler. | 
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