DCHP-3

white partridge

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rock or willow ptarmigan, in winter plumage.

Quotations

1684
Our men repair'd this Losse, having kill'd some more Deere and 4,000 white Partridges, somewhat bigger than those of Europe.
1748
The white Partridge is of a middle Size, between our common Partridge and the Pheasant, shaped much like the former, except that its Tail is somewhat longer.
1843
The white partridges and pheasants are so tame that I have shot them close to the fort. . . .
1952
There were also . . . white partridges, or ptarmigan, which were very fine eating but not so plentiful as other kinds.