. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . d down, and isoften found to cover fifty or sixty of them. Ptarmigans are in suchplenty in the northern parts of America, that upwards of ten thousandBre f^oquently caught for the use of the Hudsons Bay , be-tween November and May. The Laplanders catch these birds by means of a
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . d down, and isoften found to cover fifty or sixty of them. Ptarmigans are in suchplenty in the northern parts of America, that upwards of ten thousandBre f^oquently caught for the use of the Hudsons Bay , be-tween November and May. The Laplanders catch these birds by means of a hedge formed withthe branches of birch-trees, and having small openings, at certainintervals, with a snare in each. The birds are tempted to feed on thebuds and catkins of the birch; and whenever they endeavor to passthrough the openings, they are instantly caught. They are excellent food; and in taste are so like the commongrouse, as to be scarcely distinguishable from it. THE PARTKIDGE. The extremes of heat and cold are alike unflivorable to the pro-pagation of thePartridge. Thisbird also flour-ishes best in cul-ti-^ted countries mg principal-/ on the laborsof the husband-man. In SwedeLPartridges bur-rc;w beneath thesnow; and thewhole coveycrowd togetherunder this shel-t e r, to guardagainst the ia. PARTaiDQE:^ THE PARTRIDGE. 281 tense cold. In Greenland, the Partridge is brown during summer;but as soon as the winter sets in, it becomes clothed with a warm down, and its exterior feathers assume the color of thesnow. Partridges have ever held a distinguished place at the tables of theluxurious, both in Europe and America. We have an old distich: If the Partrid2re had the Woodcocks thigh,Twould be the best bird that eer did fly. They pair about the third week in February; and sometimes, afterpairing, if the weather be very severe, they collect together, andagain form i nto coveys. In May the female lays her eggs, usually fromfifteen to eighteen in number, in a rude n
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