. The gallinaceous game birds of North America [microform] : including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys; with accounts of their dispersion, habits, nesting, etc., and full descriptions of the plumage of both adult and young, together with their popular and scientific names : a book written both for those who love to seek these birds afield with dog and gun, as well as those who may only desire to learn the ways of such attractive creatures in their haunts. Game and game birds; Galliformes; Birds; Gibier; Galliformes; Oiseaux. 174 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. The young are ve
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America [microform] : including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys; with accounts of their dispersion, habits, nesting, etc., and full descriptions of the plumage of both adult and young, together with their popular and scientific names : a book written both for those who love to seek these birds afield with dog and gun, as well as those who may only desire to learn the ways of such attractive creatures in their haunts. Game and game birds; Galliformes; Birds; Gibier; Galliformes; Oiseaux. 174 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. The young are very delicate little things and a wetting is almost certainly fatal, and it is a wonder how the mother is able to raise as many as she does. Certainly the task before her is no light one, to guard and protect her brood against the elements as well as all her furred, feathered, and scaly enemies, always on the alert for sucli a desirable morsel as a chicken turkey. In the early spring at break of day the gobblers are heard calling from some favored roost in the forest. At such times they are exceedingly watchful and suspicious, and the least glimpse of a hunter, or frequently the breaking of a stick under foot, will cause them to fly at once, and it is rare for them to return to the vicinity of that place again during the day. The hens attend these trysting places, and should two gobblers meet they fight desper- ately, as they are very jealous and ready at all times to defend their fancied prerogatives. Many are shot at this season, as the birds are accustomed to resort to the same roost at night, and when this has been discovered, the hunter either goes near to it during the night and waits for the dawn and light enough to see the sights of his gun, or makes a stealthy stalk until within shot, after the break of day. One brood is raised in a season, but a hen may lay a second complement of eggs, if from any mishap the first clutch has been lost. The eggs are creamy white, finely
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