. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TIIK IJIDDY QrAIK-OOVi;. 155 â¢lidt' siiiiilliT, nu'iisiiriii;;' ' Ity 21.') iiiilliiiiftrt's. 1 fouiul a iit'st in Aiijjiist, t'niitiiiiiiii;^' two liull'-cdlorcd cj^'^- wliicli wcD' ln'okcii lid'tirc 1 iiifiisiircil tlirm. Its t-ill notes arc rntluT niislciiiliii;'-. sicniin-i- near wlicn ilistaiit, ami a;^aiii tin- ifvt ISC. 'I'licy rcsc?iii>U' tlic syllalilc 'liii|i' rc|M'»tc(lly ami 4|iii(-kly {â¢ivcii. It is not rare; lirccils ami inlialii
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TIIK IJIDDY QrAIK-OOVi;. 155 â¢lidt' siiiiilliT, nu'iisiiriii;;' ' Ity 21.') iiiilliiiiftrt's. 1 fouiul a iit'st in Aiijjiist, t'niitiiiiiiii;^' two liull'-cdlorcd cj^'^- wliicli wcD' ln'okcii lid'tirc 1 iiifiisiircil tlirm. Its t-ill notes arc rntluT niislciiiliii;'-. sicniin-i- near wlicn ilistaiit, ami a;^aiii tin- ifvt ISC. 'I'licy rcsc?iii>U' tlic syllalilc 'liii|i' rc|M'»tc(lly ami 4|iii(-kly {â¢ivcii. It is not rare; lirccils ami inlialiits tiic forests, and remains a ;>'ood deal ot° tlie iiine on tlie i;idinid seaiTliin>>- lor food anionn' tlu- dry ; Mr. I'liilii) Henry (iosse, in liis "Mirds of daniaica," says: "Tlie Monntain l'artrid;;'c atlects a well-wooded , I have occasionally foinid small slni^s, a species of Vofiittiihis, conmion in damp |(laces, in its jii/./.ard. » ⢠» "In the Shoit Cnt of I'aradise, where the sweet wood ahonnds, the I'ar- iiid^c is also mmicidns; in .Maicli and April, when tliese lierries are ripe, their â -lomachs ai'e tilled «ith them. Here,,-it tlie same season, their cooiiio-i-(>sonnds, wliicli is simply a very sad moan nsnally ntterel on tlii' ground, lint on one occasion we heanl it from the limit of a cotton tree at ('avc, on which the liird was sittinj: with its head di'a«n in; it was shot in the very ait. » « » "One la\ ill .lime I went down wiili a voiinn friend into a wooded \alle\ :il Content to look at a I'artridp' nest. As we crept cantionsly towanl the .<pot. llic male liird Hew from it. I was airprised at its rudeness; it was nothin;;' luit :i halt do/ell decaveil leaves laid on one another, and on twn or three drv tv\ilin another oci asioii I saw the male shot while sitting'; the nest wa> llicii phiced on a slender liiish, ulioiit ."i feet from the :i'ronnd. There were
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