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f54r illustration detail f54r Text: The partridge. These birds steal other birds' eggs. Illustration: One picture of a partridge has been excised. The lower one shows a bird stealing eggs from another's nest. The grey partridge lives in England, the rock, red-legged or Barbary partridge lives around the Mediterranean . The portrait is not very accurate of either type, but the text contains some truth.

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