. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. 389 on the ground, beside a log, rock, or tree, in the woods. It is most often to be found in or near swampy lands. The last which I examined, which contained eight fresh eggs about the twentj'-fifth of May, was placed in the " scrub," beneath an interlacing of fallen switches. It was a hollow, about nine inches in diameter, and was lined chiefly with bits of dry Fig. 20. Euffed Grouse (J). (c).^ Had our forefathers been as into
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. 389 on the ground, beside a log, rock, or tree, in the woods. It is most often to be found in or near swampy lands. The last which I examined, which contained eight fresh eggs about the twentj'-fifth of May, was placed in the " scrub," beneath an interlacing of fallen switches. It was a hollow, about nine inches in diameter, and was lined chiefly with bits of dry Fig. 20. Euffed Grouse (J). (c).^ Had our forefathers been as intolerant of error in matters of science as in matters of faith, and had they wished, in applying familiar names to common objects, that the Eng- lish should obtain by comparison an accurate impression of what was found here, our Euffed Grouse would have been J This biograpliy, and the three following, have been contributed by a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890. Salem, Mass. : Naturalist's Agency
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