. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. «74 PINNATED H ' tlie dam utters a cry of alarm. The little ones immeiliately scamper to the brush ; and while they are skulking into places of safety, their anxious parent beguiles the spectator by drooping and fluttering hor wings, limping along the path, rolling over in the dirt, and other pre- tences of inability to walk or fly. " Food.âA favorite article of their diet is the heath-hen plum, or pdrtridgeberry before mentioned. They are fond of hurtleberries, and ora
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. «74 PINNATED H ' tlie dam utters a cry of alarm. The little ones immeiliately scamper to the brush ; and while they are skulking into places of safety, their anxious parent beguiles the spectator by drooping and fluttering hor wings, limping along the path, rolling over in the dirt, and other pre- tences of inability to walk or fly. " Food.âA favorite article of their diet is the heath-hen plum, or pdrtridgeberry before mentioned. They are fond of hurtleberries, and oranebcrries. Worms and insects of several kinds are occasionally found in their crops. But in the winter they subsist chiefly on acorns, and the buds of trees which have shed their leaves. In their stomachs have been sometimes observed the leaves of a plant supposed to be a winter green ; and it is said, when they are mu<!h pinched, they betake themselves to the buds of the pine. In convenient places they have been known to enter cleared fields, and regale themselves on the leaves of clover; and old gunners have reported that they have been known to trespass upon patches of buckwheat, and pick up the grains. ^'â Migration.âThey are stationary, and never known to quit their abode. There are no facts showing in them any disposition to migration. On frosty mornings and during snows, they perch on the upper branches of pine-trees. They avoid wet and swamj)y places ; and are remarkably attached to dry ground. The low and open brush is preferreil to high shrubbery and thickets. Into these latter places, they fly for refuge when closely pressed by the hunters, and here, under a stiff and inpene- trable cover, they escape the pursuit of dogs and men. Water is so seldom met with on the true grouse-ground, that it is necessary to carry it along for the pointers to drink. The flights of Grouse are short, but sudden, rapid an<l whirring. I have not heard of any success in taming t
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