. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . in different portions of Canada. In the springthe Ptarmigan descends to the low grounds and themale begins his singular maneuvers to entice somefemale to join him. Selecting some particular spot, gen-erally a slight elevation, he struts about with loweredwings and expanded tail, head thrown back, and the redcombs over the eyes erect and conspicuous, takes a shortflight upward, and then sails around in a circle, descend-ing slowly on curved wings, alighting usually at or nearthe pl
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . in different portions of Canada. In the springthe Ptarmigan descends to the low grounds and themale begins his singular maneuvers to entice somefemale to join him. Selecting some particular spot, gen-erally a slight elevation, he struts about with loweredwings and expanded tail, head thrown back, and the redcombs over the eyes erect and conspicuous, takes a shortflight upward, and then sails around in a circle, descend-ing slowly on curved wings, alighting usually at or nearthe place from which he arose, uttering all the time shortquick notes resembling a petulant, hoarse bark. Regain-ing his first position he calls in a different note severaltimes repeated, and in a few moments again makes hiscircular flight. If the birds are numerous in the locality many maleswill be seen executing similar movements, and the air re-sounds with their barking notes. In due course thefemales appear in the vicinity, and then the males are ex-cited to frenzy and desperate battles occur among them, -r-°.
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