. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. .nfi 100 LIFE UISTOKIES OF NOUTJl AMERICAN BlUDS. a very close sitter. A slight hollow, usuiilly scratclifd out on the upper side of a bunch of grass, if the nest is placed on a liillside, i:. fairly lined with dry grass, of which there is ordinarily an alnuidance to be found in the vicinity, and this constitutes the nest. A few feathers from tlie lower I)arts of the l)ird are usually nii.\ed in among the eggs, eacli one of which is often imbedded about
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. .nfi 100 LIFE UISTOKIES OF NOUTJl AMERICAN BlUDS. a very close sitter. A slight hollow, usuiilly scratclifd out on the upper side of a bunch of grass, if the nest is placed on a liillside, i:. fairly lined with dry grass, of which there is ordinarily an alnuidance to be found in the vicinity, and this constitutes the nest. A few feathers from tlie lower I)arts of the l)ird are usually nii.\ed in among the eggs, eacli one of which is often imbedded about two-thirds in its own mould and does not touch the others. Once only did I tind the eggs placed on top of each other, eight in the lower and five in the upper layer. Incul)atiou lasts about twenty-one days, the female attending to this duty exclusively, the males keeping by tliemselves, usually in small parties of from three to five, frocpienting tlie higher hills and edges of the table lands in the vicinity of the nests. I do not believe that this Grouse is polygamous. At Camp Harney I have found eggs of this subsj)ecies as late as .June IH, and as a rule they nesteil fidly from four to six weeks later there tlian at Fort Lapwai. The female is exceedingly devoted to her young brood, and I have seen one boldly attack my dog, who accidentally liai)peiied to run into a young covey about a week old, while I was riding along one of the tributaries of Lapwai Creek, in tlie latter part of ^lay, 1H71. Hut one brood is raised in a season. Tlie young are active, handsome little creatures, and able to use their legs at once on leaving the shell. They are at first fed mostly on insects, young and crickets forming the principal portion of their l)i]l of fare. The former are always abundant and easily obtaint-d; latei', when the young are able to tly, the mother leails them to the creek bottoms, wiiere tliey find an al)undance of berries and browse. Tliey are esjyccially fond
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