. Bird lore . ared to take no notice of him. Mr. Rand held out his hand and thebird backed slowly away, still facing him. She was backing up a steepincline and so could not move very fast. He thrust his hand under herfeet and she stepped into it. Here was a Ruffed Grouse, said to beuntamable, standing in a mans hand, and all of my brothers plates wereexposed ! A week after this another visit was made to the Grouse. This time 84 Bird - Lore the bird was found without much difficulty. She was shy at first, but aftersome coaxing she became on intimate terms with the men. The camera•was focused on
. Bird lore . ared to take no notice of him. Mr. Rand held out his hand and thebird backed slowly away, still facing him. She was backing up a steepincline and so could not move very fast. He thrust his hand under herfeet and she stepped into it. Here was a Ruffed Grouse, said to beuntamable, standing in a mans hand, and all of my brothers plates wereexposed ! A week after this another visit was made to the Grouse. This time 84 Bird - Lore the bird was found without much difficulty. She was shy at first, but aftersome coaxing she became on intimate terms with the men. The camera•was focused on a stone in an opening, and Mr. Rand coaxed the bird uponit, when the bulb was pressed. The bird was much more tractable than onprevious days, as she came close to the men. The Grouse kept close watch•of the movements of Mr. Rands hands, following them with her he could get her into almost any position he wished. ExposuresWere made of front, side, and back views. Repeating the process described 1. A TAME RUFFED GROUSE Note the open mouth and drooped wings; see text above, Mr. Rand got her to stand on his hand again. In this position snap-shots were taken of the bird. Although exposed sV of a second with thefull stop, the movement of her wings in keeping her balance resulted inonly a confused blur on the negative. The pictures were taken on a hot day in August and the unusual exer-cise and excitement fatigued the Grouse. She lolled like a thirsty hen inthe barnyard, and some of the photographs represent her in this condition. This Grouse is a female, but she evidently did not rear a brood lastspring, as Mr. Rand says he saw her oftenest during the breeding seasonand there were no evidences of the bird having a nest or young. The woods which the Grouse frequents are composed of a marginalgrowth of willow, alder, ash and maple, not more than ten rods wide,along a small stream. On the other side is a cultivated field. Less than A Tame Ruffed Grouse 85 one hundred rods
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