5 JANUARY 1929, Page 19

Apropos, partridges nested last spring in Richmond Park. The sanctuary

there has proved so congenial that some of the birds have multiplied too freely. In the list is the pheasant, and the order went forth that a few must be shot. A small party went forth to carry out the work and one of them at any rate was amazed to see during the day three good coveys of partridges and a fox. Richmond has indeed become one of the best sanctuaries in the country ; and it harbours mammals, foxes and badgers,. as well as birds, both migrant and native. Pheasants seem to be among the latest. birds to exhibit a distinct fondness for the town. One pair appeared not long since, no one knows whence, and remains in the garden of Buckingham Palace.