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leamine nice pursuer in’ the lurch. Partridees are 
mostly found in temperate climates, as extreme heat 
On Gola’ is alike unsuitable for them. If it is a bad 
season, sportsmen treat these birds sparingly, but, on 
the contrary, if a good one, they fall freely by the gun. 
Notwithstanding this, however, it is said that Par- 
tridges are on the increase, as many waste lands are 
daily brought into a state of cultivation. 
While the female Partridge is performing the ae 
of incubation, the male rernains near, and should he 
see danger of hawk, cat, weasel, or other kind, he im- 
mediately gives the alarm. When the young run, which 
they do directly they are hatched, he accompanies 
them, and takes a part in teaching them to shift for 
themselves, although they remain together until the 
following spring, if not destroyed. 
The young, like those of the pheasant, feed on 
insects and ants’ eggs, but when harvest is ready they 
partake of corn, and when September comes in, the 
sportsman does not fail to try fields of stubble, es- 
pecially those that are reaped. When this was more 
the custom than it is now, and turnips were sown 
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