. Birds of Britain . .^28«k. The Partridge The male differs from the female in the brighter yellowishchestnut of the head and greyer neck, and the wing covertsare longitudinally striped with buff in the male, but in thefemale they are barred. In young birds the general tone of the plumage is paler,and the feathers have a median buff longitudinal 125 in.; wing 6 in. THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Caccabis rufa (Linnseus) This species has been introduced into this country atvarious times from 1770 onwards, and is now wellestablished in several districts. Its home on the Continentis the e
. Birds of Britain . .^28«k. The Partridge The male differs from the female in the brighter yellowishchestnut of the head and greyer neck, and the wing covertsare longitudinally striped with buff in the male, but in thefemale they are barred. In young birds the general tone of the plumage is paler,and the feathers have a median buff longitudinal 125 in.; wing 6 in. THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Caccabis rufa (Linnseus) This species has been introduced into this country atvarious times from 1770 onwards, and is now wellestablished in several districts. Its home on the Continentis the east and south of France, Spain, and North-westernItaly, where it inhabits dry and mountainous districts. Inthis country it can only be called common in the EastAnglian counties, though it is also found on both sides ofthe Thames valley and in some parts of the damp climate of the west does not suit it, and attemptsto introduce it into Scotland and Ireland have failed. In food and habits it is somewhat similar to
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