. The shadow of a gun . .-l£--i~ •<£- ■-*£- -f--.^;._ _«.:.- - 3 4- Mute^ Different Tracks Made by Game and Song Birds. 268 PARTRIDGE. ridge walks with great precision, planting his feetsquarely in a straight line. The impress of »his feetin the snow is very marked and beautiful and iseasily distinguished from the prairie chicken orquail. The sparrow, the robin, the lark make shortjumps as they go. The songsters of the woodsdouble round in every conceiveable attitude, but thepartridge like all game birds walks with the pride ofa veteran and is the representative of high art. Hismotions have
. The shadow of a gun . .-l£--i~ •<£- ■-*£- -f--.^;._ _«.:.- - 3 4- Mute^ Different Tracks Made by Game and Song Birds. 268 PARTRIDGE. ridge walks with great precision, planting his feetsquarely in a straight line. The impress of »his feetin the snow is very marked and beautiful and iseasily distinguished from the prairie chicken orquail. The sparrow, the robin, the lark make shortjumps as they go. The songsters of the woodsdouble round in every conceiveable attitude, but thepartridge like all game birds walks with the pride ofa veteran and is the representative of high art. Hismotions have that promptness and steadiness whichgive you respect, as becomes a regal lord among tliedenizens of the field and forest. In my early daysmany hours were spent in the woods where the part-ridges dwelt. Trapping was common and most ofthe birds that were not shot were taken with stonetraps set up with a figure four. In heavy snowstorms the birds would often disappear under thesnow and remain there concealed for
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