hi john

no thats is what we call a tjur, i do hunt them in sweden(it is a big bird)

found the english nick name and the latin name for it
they are callede french partridge or perdix perdix

her is a pic

[url=http://www.agerhøns.dk/images/agerhons-i-sneen-002.jpg][img]

they offer great sport with pointers since there flight is fast and furios

but the tjur is much fun too.

peter