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The New-England Partridge.
Numb. XXVIII.
r | " 'H IS Bird is not fo big as our common Partridge; its
J L Bill is fhorc, black and crooked like that of a Partridge’s
; the Eyes large ; the Irides yellow; the Head,
Back and Wings are coloured nearly refembling that of the
red-legg’d Partridge, but more motled with black on the
Back, and white on the hind Part of the Neck; the Breaft
and Belly are of a yellowiih Colour with tranfverfe Lines
of black; the Thighs and lower Part of the Belly near
the Tail are yellowiih and fpotted with rediih brown; the
Tail is ihort and brown after the manner of a common
Partridge; the Legs and Feet are of a light brown Colour;
the Claws black. Thefe I had from William. Lydal Poulterer,
who bought them of a New-England Captain, who
brought them out of that Country. I fed them on Wheat
and Hemp-feed for fome Time, which they feemed to like
very well. The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Trevor
kept them with his Pheafants a long Time after.
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