He sat in the house, and saw great multitudes of pheasants and partridges upon the lawn before the window: he went down to the water-side by himself, and put his foot upon the ground to see the tide rise.
The first broods of partridges in England are very frequently killed by the wet and cold; and this is one reason why the game is not so plenty here as it is in countries more blest with sun.
Here is water, here are meadows; plenty of fresh-water fish; hares and partridges in abundance, and it is next to impossible to destroy them.
We had gone about ten miles from our home, to shoot wherepartridges were said to be very plentiful.
Birds of every kind, including partridges and pheasants and all sorts of poultry, are most abundant this year.
Our own partridges stick to the same spot from the time that they are hatched to the time that they pair off, and these American partridges do the same.
What would be said of the 'Squire who should take a fox-hound out to find partridges for him to shoot at?
Partridges keep in distinct coveys; that is to say, the brood lives distinct from all other broods until the ensuing spring, when it forms itself into pairs and separates.
Now what do you think about killing henpartridges in summer?
Here in Labrador we must kill seals and deer and partridges and other game for food and for their skins.
They always have broods of little partridges then.
A step away a pair of partridges ran through the brush and stood looking at us from a fallen log, while an old duck and her young came sailing across the river.
It is true the old duck swam away, calling to her brood, when she saw us; the partridges presently hid in the brush, and the blue herons waded a bit further off.
Well then," said Sancho, "that dish of roast partridges there that seems so savoury will not do me any harm.
The king received the partridges with great pleasure, and ordered him some money for drink.
Another time he went and hid himself amongst some standing corn, holding his bag open; and when a brace of partridges ran into it, he drew the strings, and so caught them both.
As an illustration of shooting partridges by walking up, I may give an account of a day's shooting over some of Mrs. Robinson's best ground.
Then we used to walk up the partridges on the various beats.
Two birds were topping the hedge, and a brace of dead partridges dropped, killed neatly and instantaneously.
But, when we came to offer the bones of partridges to the two Chinese dogs, they devoured them with much greediness, and licked the platter clean.
When taken out into a field the bitch showed some disposition for hunting, and dwelt on the scent of a covey of partridges till she sprung them, giving her tongue all the time.
I don't believe that the Partridges have a shilling among them.
In partridge time, the partridges are wild, and won't come to be killed.
We'll be sure to get plenty of rabbits and squirrels and ducks, and most likely some partridges and maybe wild turkeys.
They looked up quickly to see a number of partridges sailing past close to the tree tops.
No larger game appeared, but they brought down a number of rabbits and squirrels, as well as partridges and some smaller birds, and with this they had to be content.
Partridges by any name would taste as sweet, and when you have learnt that the francolin is one of the few different kinds of partridge, you will have obtained the chief clue to the life-history of these birds.
Some of them have rather a fondness for perching and roosting on trees of a night, and they display the same affection for their young as partridges show for theirs.
A good many hares and partridges either crossed our path or whirred over our heads.
Bevies of partridges got up, but we were unprepared for them.
One morning the Bey shot two partridgeswhile on horseback.
Partridges appear to be subject to occasional fits of stupidity, and to temporary (or possibly permanent) loss of common-sense; but it may be that in this case the birds were too young and inexperienced to realize what they were doing.
During the last heavy snow-storm three partridges had dived into a drift for shelter from the wind and the cold, and such a thick, hard crust had formed over their heads that they had not been able to get out again.
The partridges were buried in the drifting snow, and starved to death.
The partridges--well, the partridges will just have to get along the best way they can.
Spruce hens and partridges were scarce, even rabbits were hard to find, and sometimes it seemed to the two lynxes as if they were the only animals left in the woods.
We pass a dead Sheep with two loathsome vultures picking over the carcass, and presently a brood of fluffy young Partridges with father and mother in charge look at us fearlessly within ten feet of our whirling carriage.
Some one insisted that the Hares, Rabbits, and Partridges knew of a supply in the sand hills, because they never came to the wet "polders" to drink.
The remains of partridgesmay likewise be hashed or served in a plain salmi as directed for pheasants.
A week or two later, Tom and Guy were shooting redwing partridges and koorhaan in a pretty piece of country some miles from the homestead.
They finished their shoot across the flat, adding three brace of koorhaan and Coqui partridges to their bag, and then came back to the dead python.
Although partridges roam far by day, they always come together at night, being partial to the same fields and fallows.
Exactly at the same hour, according to the sun, the partridges and pheasants resort to the same spots.
Partridges and pheasants almost invariably lay their olive eggs upon dead oak-leaves, and, moreover, cover them when they leave the nest.
Partridges feed in the early morning--as soon as daybreak.
In the hedge bottom, along the covert side, or among gorse and broom, the poacher notices a pair of partridges roaming morning after morning.
Partridges are occasionally taken by farmers in the following unorthodox fashion.
In view of this method of poaching and on land where many partridges roost, low scrubby thorns are planted at regular intervals.
Partridges roost close to the ground, and sleep with their heads tucked together.
Not only grouse, but on the lowlands pheasants and partridges are killed in this way, as are also snipe and woodcock.
And we're eating young partridges tonight, because we had to have something to keep us alive.
On a little stove in the farthest corner of the shack the breasts of two spruce partridges were turning golden brown in a skittle, and from the broken neck of a coffee pot a rich perfume was rising with the steam.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "partridges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
