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with them, and they fometimes die.  Partridges 
will not breed in confinement, but the young ones 
“may be reared by putting the eggs under a Hen. 
They require great care, and are brought up with 
difficulty. ‘This bird is very delicate food. 
_ Willoughby, who has written upon birds, men- 
tions a perfon in Suflex who had fucceeded in 
making a covey of Partridges fo tame, that he 
drove them to London, although their wings were 
grown, and they might have flown if they had 
tried. : 
There are feveral varieties of the common 
Partridge, fome intirely white with red pupils to 
the eye, fome of a pale cream colour, fome white 
beneath, with a white collar round the neck, aud 
others wholly of a dun colour; thefe varieties 
however are not very frequent. _ ; 
The Partridge is faid to live from twelve to. 
fifteen years. — 
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There is a Partridge in America called the 
Virginia Partridge, which perches on trees, and 
frequents woody fituations. ae 
Its legs are naked, it has ablack fpot above 
and below the eyes, and a dufky line upon the 
head ;, the cheeks and throat are white, hourided ; 
by a line of black, 
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