partridge's

A partridge's nest was last August discovered in a plot of grass, in the garden of the Reverend Mr. M'Kenzie of Knockbourn, Shropshire.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

When you can get the bitter out of the partridge's thigh, you can make an enlightened commonwealth of Indians.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various

They are also rather fond of a fly made from a partridge's breast feather, and body of crimson floss silk.

The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

Here, as they brushed along through the woods, they delayed in order to examine a partridge's nest, to tree a squirrel, to gather some strange wild-flower opening at their approach.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various

Besides, I can eat grass; and perhaps I shall find a turnip, or a potato, or a partridge's nest with young ones still in it; and perhaps I shall be able to earn a few coppers by opening gates, or holding horses.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Señora?

Ramona 1921

Grey partridge's eggs, it is true, have been taken in

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Here and there a grey partridge's nest containing eggs may be found.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

In a few days both of Faith's new dresses were finished; and, greatly to her delight, Aunt Prissy had made her a pretty cap of blue velvet, with a partridge's wing on one side.

A Little Maid of Ticonderoga Alice Turner Curtis 1912

Each flock is then under the absolute authority of the mother bird; and one who follows them gets some curious and intensely interesting glimpses of a partridge's education.

Wood Folk at School William Joseph Long 1909