. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 108 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. hurry himself to move off. His mottled brown colors are amply protective, and if he " lies low " he can save himself the trouble of an arduous retreat on the wing. Par- tridges do not care to fly if they can avoid it. Indeed, a Wing of the partridge. , -, glance at my draw- ing of the wing shows that it is not the best shape for flying. Compared with the pigeon's wing * it is short and stumpy, although handsome. The strangest noise the partridge mates may b
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 108 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. hurry himself to move off. His mottled brown colors are amply protective, and if he " lies low " he can save himself the trouble of an arduous retreat on the wing. Par- tridges do not care to fly if they can avoid it. Indeed, a Wing of the partridge. , -, glance at my draw- ing of the wing shows that it is not the best shape for flying. Compared with the pigeon's wing * it is short and stumpy, although handsome. The strangest noise the partridge mates may be heard in the spring; then the male bird mounts an old stump or a log and begins his " crow" in the usual way, but his voice is silent. He beats his wings ex- actly as the rooster does, but with an expert's ability, and does no more. Thumj), thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, th-ur-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r ! p â¢=^ f) f d! m â =^ 1^)- 1 1 1 M 1 11 E s J HI 1 0- u-u a ut Lt^ i m t i 3 1 Thumpâ ump-amp-ump-p thr-r-r-r-r-r. The tone is that of a mufiled snare drum. He is un- questionably the drummer of Nature's orchestra. * The carrier pigeon has been known to fly one hundred miles in an Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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