. Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . ous chicksare able to reach the low branches of the evergreens in their firstflights and move about on them like the adults that would makeexpert tight-rope walkers. Tender terminal spruce buds, hack-matack needles, the berries of Solomons seal, pine needles andcones, and such fare give this grouses flesh a dark color and abitter, resinous flavor that tempts only the hungriest woodsmen ;although in the berry season, when the birds leave the evergreensto feed on tender leaf b
. Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . ous chicksare able to reach the low branches of the evergreens in their firstflights and move about on them like the adults that would makeexpert tight-rope walkers. Tender terminal spruce buds, hack-matack needles, the berries of Solomons seal, pine needles andcones, and such fare give this grouses flesh a dark color and abitter, resinous flavor that tempts only the hungriest woodsmen ;although in the berry season, when the birds leave the evergreensto feed on tender leaf buds and fruit, the rich reddish meat ismuch sought. An immense quantity of gravel is swallowed toaid digestion. Indians tell of following great packs of thesegrouse that furnished meat to a tribe for weeks ; but a bevy offive or six birds is the largest recorded by scientists. Ruffed Grouse CBonasa iimbellus) Ca//^^<z/.r<.-PARTRIDGE; PHEASANT ; BIRCH PARTRIDGE Length—16 to i8 inches. Male and Female—Upper parts chestnut varied with grayish andyellowish brown, white, and black ; head slightly crested ; 272. RUFFED grouse; Bob Whites, Grouse, etc. yellow line over eye ; sides of neck of male with huge tuftsof glossy greenish black feathers tipped with light brown,much restricted or wanting and dull in female ; long tail,which may be spread fan-like, yellowish brown or gray orrusty, beautifully and finely barred with irregular bands halfbuff, half black ; a broad subterminal band of black betweengray bands ; throat and breast buff, the former unmarked ;underneath whitish, all barred with brown, strongly onsides, less distinctly on breast and below ; legs feathered toheel ; bill horn color. Range—Eastern United States and southern Canada west toMinnesota, south to northern Georgia, Mississippi, and Ar-kansas. Season—Permanent but roving resident. Neither a partridge nor a pheasant, it is by the formername that this superb game bird is best known to the NewEnglanders,
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