. Birds through the years . is placed in a spruce or firsome distance from the ground. They have no song, and their several callnotes are harsh and dis-cordant. Canada Grouse. — An-other very tame birdwhich one finds in theblack forest is the CanadaGrouse. He, too, seemsto have no fear whateverof man ; in truth, so tameis he that you are ashamedto shoot him, even thoughthe larder is empt). Icame upon a flock of thesebirds in the trail one day,and stood among them for a long time, so close that Icould touch them with my rifle barrel. Fearlessly they walked about, coyly tipping their shapelyhead
. Birds through the years . is placed in a spruce or firsome distance from the ground. They have no song, and their several callnotes are harsh and dis-cordant. Canada Grouse. — An-other very tame birdwhich one finds in theblack forest is the CanadaGrouse. He, too, seemsto have no fear whateverof man ; in truth, so tameis he that you are ashamedto shoot him, even thoughthe larder is empt). Icame upon a flock of thesebirds in the trail one day,and stood among them for a long time, so close that Icould touch them with my rifle barrel. Fearlessly they walked about, coyly tipping their shapelyheads as they silently looked me over with keen curiosity,for to them, no doubt, I was a new and strange test their fearlessness, I threw sticks at them, but theymerely hopped to the low limbs of a near-by tree, stillpeering at me in great wonderment. This denizen of the deep forest is a trifle smaller thanhis first cousin, the Ruffed Grouse, and the plumage ismuch darker. The male has a dash of red over the Grouse. SOME FOREST DWELLERS 203 The back, wings, head, and tail are mottled with variousshades of brown, which seem black in the dense colors protect him well in the spruce growth, wherethe ground is clothed with dark moss rather than deadleaves, as is the case where the Drummer dwells. TheCanada Grouse is a pert and attractive bird, but with nosong. His only note is a sharp quit, quit, heard when dis-turbed during the nest-ing season. Pine Grosbeak. — Avery beautiful bird foundin the forest of theNorth is the Pine Gros-beak, or Pine Bullfinch,as he is sometimes shyness seen whenhe visits us in winter isentirely lacking in hiswilderness home. Youwill come upon these birds busily feeding on the cones of evergreens, or berriesof the sumach and mountain ash, and you may closelyand leisurely observe them. On the trail leading to Kennebago Lake I found a flock ofPine Grosbeaks in July, and watched them for a long time,scarcely a
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