NEW BIRD FOR SPORTSMEN.
CHUKGR FOR HILL COUNTRY.
ORDER FORWARDED TO INDIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] CHEISTCHUBCH, Thursday.
Chukor, or chickore, a species of partridge native to India, are to bo introduced into the hill country of North Canterbury by the Acclimatisation Society. The society expected to have the birds about April of this year, but information received from the Otago Society makes it plain that the birds will not arrive before August at the earliest. The Otago Society is ordering 50 brace for itself and 25 for the North Canterbury Society. According to a statement made to a reporter chukor are an Eastern ally of the French red-legged partridge. They are similar in appearance, but differ in habits, notably in that chukor prefer to inhabit hilly couDtrv. They are found up to considerable altitudes, np to 10,000 ft and more throughout India, Tibet and Southern China, where they are regarded as a very good sporting bird.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19280, 19 March 1926, Page 10
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156NEW BIRD FOR SPORTSMEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19280, 19 March 1926, Page 10
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