Country Life
SINCE I found my first partridge's nest at a very early age I have always taken a great interest in the little brown birds. The past two seasons have been bad for the partridge and the stock of native birds is running low. This has been brought about by abnormal weather. It cannot be quickly remedied even if one or two favourable years follow. The answer might be for tho authorities to permit the importation of partridge eggs, but at the 10,oment this is not permitted, due to thn danger of fowl pest. A note in the British Field Sports Society's News Letter gives this information and points out that a figure of between £25 and £40 a hundred has been quoted for eggs to be imported. MortalitY among partridges is never low. They might prove very expensive birds to a sporting estate at even five shillings an egg. Although I do not shoot partridges. I would rather see a nice covey feeding on a root field than almost anything else in nature.
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