. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . ■0: Partridges nest. -^4 4 r i^. /v. Fortinw. See page 526. RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 527 at Mr, Barnards, South Cave ; four pure white exampleswere killed from a brood near Scarborough in October 1869{Zool. i86g, p. 1954), and five more, in a covey of eleven atDoncaster, are recorded in the Field (28th November 1885) ;in a brood of twelve near Northallerton, about i860, threehad white wings, whilst I have seen and examined pied andbuff or cream-coloured specimens, several of which are reportedin various parts o
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . ■0: Partridges nest. -^4 4 r i^. /v. Fortinw. See page 526. RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 527 at Mr, Barnards, South Cave ; four pure white exampleswere killed from a brood near Scarborough in October 1869{Zool. i86g, p. 1954), and five more, in a covey of eleven atDoncaster, are recorded in the Field (28th November 1885) ;in a brood of twelve near Northallerton, about i860, threehad white wings, whilst I have seen and examined pied andbuff or cream-coloured specimens, several of which are reportedin various parts of the county. A local variety has the horse-shoe white instead of chestnut hued ; this is not uncommonin the East Riding, and near York ; it occurs near Whitby,and I have seen and shot specimens in the Vale of Mowbray ;the white horse-shoe is more frequently found in immaturebirds than in adults, though Mr. R. Lee of Thirsk has a veryfine mature example, and one in my own collection wasobtained by Col. IAnson of Howe. Lord de LIsle andDudley, when shooting in Baisdale in November 1903, killedtwo birds, both immatu
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