Table 2 -- The contents of 29 fall crops from French -red~legged 
partridges (Alectoris rufa) collected in southern England and examined 
by A. D. Middleton (4). 
Number Percent- 
of occur- age by 
(a) 
Scientific name Common name | rences volume 
Green food 
Grass, clover, and leaves 22 16.0 
Flowers and buds : 2 0.2 
Roots 
Sugar beet, etc. 6 28 .2 
Seeds and grain 
Polygonium aviculare Knotweed 15 16.7 
Polygonium Convovulus Bindweed 12 LoS 
Triticum Wheat 7 9.4 
Euphorbia exigua Spurge 7 1.1 
Hordeum sativum Barley 6 12.8 
Brassica arvensis Charlock, mustard 6 0.5 
Viola tricolor Wild pansy 5 0.3 
Fagus sylvaticus Beech mast 3 5.8 
Avena sativa Oats 3 3.2 
Atriplex patula Orache 1 0.9 
Others in small 
quantities (a) - 1.6 
Animal Food 
Unidentified 2 0.01 
Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis); chickweeds (Stellaria media 
and Cerastium vulgatum); forget-me-not (Mysotis arvensis); campions 
(Silene inflata and Lychnis alba); hemp nettle (Galeopsis Ladanum) ; 
vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) ; hawk's beard (Crepis virens); toad- 
flax (Linaria Elatine) ; hawkbits (Leontodon hispidus and L. autumnalis) ; 
goosefoot (Chenopodium album); shepherd's purse (Capsella Bursa Bursa- 
pastoris) ; Wild radish (Raphanus Raphanistrum); brome grass. 's. (Bromus 
arvensis); Italian ryegrass (Lolium italicum); meadow grass" 
(Poa annua). 

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