. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . •**•$« V pj H 3. ;«SA Bob Whites, Grouse, etc. across, according to Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson), when, withoutwarning, some male has a fresh seizure that soon starts anothersaturnalia. The whole performance reminds one so stronglyof a Cree dance, says Mr. Thompson, as to suggest thepossibility of its being the prototype of the Indian exercise. . .The dancing is indulged in at any time of the morning or even-ing in May, but it is usually at its height before sunrise. Itserotic
. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . •**•$« V pj H 3. ;«SA Bob Whites, Grouse, etc. across, according to Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson), when, withoutwarning, some male has a fresh seizure that soon starts anothersaturnalia. The whole performance reminds one so stronglyof a Cree dance, says Mr. Thompson, as to suggest thepossibility of its being the prototype of the Indian exercise. . .The dancing is indulged in at any time of the morning or even-ing in May, but it is usually at its height before sunrise. Itserotic character can hardly be questioned, but 1 cannot fix itsplace or value in the nuptial ceremonies. The fact that I haveseveral times noticed the birds join for a brief set to in the latefall merely emphasizes its parallelism to the drumming and strut-ting of the ruffed grouse as well as the singing of small birds. After pairing, the male, in the usual selfish fashion of histribe, allows his mate to seek some place of concealment, scratchout an excavation screened by grasses, and attend to all nurs-ery duties, while he joins a cl
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