Four feet, wings, and fins . e, is without the throat-wingsand the yellow skin on the neck, and is lighter incolor. The noise made by the male is also fact, this noise is something like does not strike those who are near with muchforce, but deceives them with the idea that it istwo or three miles away, when it is close by. Thefemale protects her young in the same way as thepartridge and quail. Grouse is the common nameof the family Tetraonidce^ belonging to the orderRasores, I think your western pinnated grouse somewhatresembles the ruffled grouse found north of Ma
Four feet, wings, and fins . e, is without the throat-wingsand the yellow skin on the neck, and is lighter incolor. The noise made by the male is also fact, this noise is something like does not strike those who are near with muchforce, but deceives them with the idea that it istwo or three miles away, when it is close by. Thefemale protects her young in the same way as thepartridge and quail. Grouse is the common nameof the family Tetraonidce^ belonging to the orderRasores, I think your western pinnated grouse somewhatresembles the ruffled grouse found north of Mary-land 1 said Mr. Dumas. Not largely. The pinnated grouse are found onthe open prairies, while the ruffled grouse prefer thewoods, and love solitude, and wander forth alone insearch of their food. This bird is sometimes calledthe drummer, because it has a way of calling itsfavorite mate by striking its wings upon a log, onthe ground, or against its breast, sounding very muchlike the roll of a drum. He gets his name from 284. American Partridge. BOB WHITE. the fact that when he raises his tail and struts likea turkey-cock, there is a ruffle of feathers whichstands up around his neck. They lay their eggs bythe side of fallen trees or the roots of standing onesand protect their young in the way common to thetribe. Did you ever see a ptarmigan or a white grouse ? asked Mr. Dumas. I think not. I have. They are not much larger than the summer their plumage is a light brown, some-what spotted, the wings and under parts white, butin winter, after they have shed their feathers theybecome a pure white ; besides every feather becomesdouble, and the legs, thickly feathered, so that the}are well protected from the cold. Near the first ofOctober they assemble in flocks of a hundred ormore, and live among the willows, eating the December they leave the vicinity of Hudsonsbay to seek mountain-berries. If the hen-bird bekilled, the male will not leave her, but submit tobeing
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