red-legged partridge

British  

noun

1. a partridge, Alectoris rufa , having a reddish tail, red legs and bill, and flanks barred with chestnut, black, and white: common on farmlands and heaths in SW Europe, including Britain

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Example Sentences

Pursuing his favorite sport, the Belgian baron hunted red-legged partridge with Kravis and King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

From Washington Post

When nothing but Isle of Muck red-legged partridge will do, Three Chimneys is your go-to.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next, it leads from His Excellency’s Jaguar into London’s 15th century Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor has laid on a banquet of dover sole and red-legged partridge in his honour.

From The Guardian

Here and there Mr. Martindale caught sight of red-legged partridge and quail, and sighed for his rifle.

From Project Gutenberg

In one or two we found a dozen kinds of birds adequately portrayed in colors—the peacock, pheasant, red-legged partridge, stork, etc., being at once recognizable.

From Project Gutenberg