"As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave the…"

"A Fowler caught a Partridge, and was about to kill it. The Partridge earnestly besought him to spare his life, saying…"

"It is a bird of an evil and cunning disposition. In the spring they separate with singing and fighting into pairs wit…"

"Partridges, when, accompanied by their young, they are being pursued, allow the fledglings to fly ahead and attempt t…"

"Partridges​ exhibit another piece of cunning, combined with affection for their young. They teach their fledglings, w…"

"If [the magistrate] discovers a young man in the house of a rich and elderly woman, waxing fat, like a cock-partridge…"

"Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in muwe,"

"Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest, But may imagine how the bird was dead, Although the kite soar with unb…"

"Like as a feareful partridge, that is fledd From the sharpe hauke which her attacked neare, And falls to ground to se…"

"On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree."