Lexic.us

Definition of Hungarian partridge

1. Noun. Common European partridge.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hungarian Partridge

Literary usage of Hungarian partridge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"It was the Gray Partridge of Europe, here called the Hungarian partridge. ... Have been told that they are Hungarian partridge from Alberta. ..."

2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"The common gray, or Hungarian, partridge is typical of the group; this bird has been imported ... The Hungarian partridge is a favorite game bird in Europe. ..."

3. Game Protection and Propagation in America: A Handbook of Practical by Henry Chase (1913)
"All sorts of exotic species of birds have been introduced in America, including, besides the popular Hungarian partridge and the ring-necked pheasant, ..."

4. Game Protection and Propagation in America: A Handbook of Practical by Henry Chase (1913)
"All sorts of exotic species of birds have been introduced in America, including, besides the popular Hungarian partridge and the ..."

5. Report by Maine Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game (1911)
"There are few birds which so strictly adhere to their once selected abode as do the Hungarian partridge. "While young the partridges feed almost exclusively ..."

6. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"Thus far the introduction of the Hungarian partridge has not been successful, anywhere. Connecticut, Missouri, New Jersey and I think other states have ..."

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