. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . U zo h (0 z (£ DI- < -I<IOl a u o 111 z I Q UJDC J I r CO o UJ a DC h oc< 0. zo oo SHORTER-BILLED RUNNING BIRDS. 247 Eggs.—About 10-20, olive-brown; 1-45 x 1-15inch (plate 132). Nest.—Merely the depressed herbage among whichthe eggs are deposited. This is the Gray Partridge of spprt, a short-necked,full-bodied, stub-tailed bird, frequenting cultivatedlands. The nest is a hollow in the herbage at thefoot of a hedgerow, beside standing crops, or somesimilar simple shelter. The birds are usually seenin coveys o
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . U zo h (0 z (£ DI- < -I<IOl a u o 111 z I Q UJDC J I r CO o UJ a DC h oc< 0. zo oo SHORTER-BILLED RUNNING BIRDS. 247 Eggs.—About 10-20, olive-brown; 1-45 x 1-15inch (plate 132). Nest.—Merely the depressed herbage among whichthe eggs are deposited. This is the Gray Partridge of spprt, a short-necked,full-bodied, stub-tailed bird, frequenting cultivatedlands. The nest is a hollow in the herbage at thefoot of a hedgerow, beside standing crops, or somesimilar simple shelter. The birds are usually seenin coveys of about half-a-dozen, or larger ones inwinter, in ploughed, stubble, and grass lands, but creepabout with lowered heads in so quiet a manner thatthey might easily be mistaken for inanimate , their low, rounded backs and small, peepingheads give them the appearance of so many tortoises,and it is only when they rise with loudly whirringwings that they offer a better view. The flight isswift but heavy and dead-ahead, marked by skimmingon arched wings as they come to earth. Towardsdusk the peculiar creaky cry of the Partrid
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