. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 42 GROUSE FAMILY. being met witJiiu «he White Mountains of New Hampshire and throughout a gwat portion of the Northern Andes, towaids the sources of the Missouri and Oregon. In winter it visits Canada, the interior of Maine, Michigan, sometimes the State of New Yoit; and it even breeds round Halifax in Nova Scotia, as well as in the State of Maine. In Canada it is known by «he name of the AVood Partridge; by others it is called tcu Cedar, or Spruce, Partridge. Sometimes the birds ire sent in a frozen
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 42 GROUSE FAMILY. being met witJiiu «he White Mountains of New Hampshire and throughout a gwat portion of the Northern Andes, towaids the sources of the Missouri and Oregon. In winter it visits Canada, the interior of Maine, Michigan, sometimes the State of New Yoit; and it even breeds round Halifax in Nova Scotia, as well as in the State of Maine. In Canada it is known by «he name of the AVood Partridge; by others it is called tcu Cedar, or Spruce, Partridge. Sometimes the birds ire sent in a frozen state from Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick to Boston. The favorite resort of this species is in pine and spruce woods and cedar swamps, which they frequent in the winter for the purpose of feeding on the buds, oily seeds, and ever- green foliage, to whicji they also add juniper-berries. Their flesh, though palatable at all times, is considered best in sum- mer, when they feed much on berries, as the buds of the res- inous evergreens communicate an unpleasant flavor to the game. As usual, they nest on the ground with little art, in the slight shelter of fallen leaves and bushes, and are said by Audubon to lay 8 to 14 eggs of a deep fawn color, irregularly (plashed with different tints of brown. They are readily ap- proached, and sometimes are said to be $0 unsuspicious as, like the Ptarmigan, to allow of being knocked down with a stick; and round Hudson Bay are commonly caught by the aborigines in a simple noose fastened to a suke. When much disturbed, however, they betake themselves to trees, where they are readily approached and shot down. In the month of May, where they breed, in the State of Maine, the male struts before his mate, and beating his wingb briskly against his body, produces a drumming noise, clearer than that of the Ruffed Grouse, which can be heard to a con- siderable distance. The males leave their mates as soon as incubation has commenced, and do not join
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