. Rod and gun . • His eye rivetted upon me. motionless as statues, not even daringto wink, lest we should notice them. Onebeautiful autumn evening the writer cameupon a number of these chesty fellowsm a space where some ferns grew, behindwhich they had dodged at my first bird I saw was not ten feet fromme, peeping out past some fern, with hiseye riveted upon me, as shown in theillustration. I had passed others unnoticed, and onefellow, when he thought he had an oppor-tune time to get away, rose, and then. Partridge Nest with Eggs at Root of Big Oak. 3^6 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA fifte
. Rod and gun . • His eye rivetted upon me. motionless as statues, not even daringto wink, lest we should notice them. Onebeautiful autumn evening the writer cameupon a number of these chesty fellowsm a space where some ferns grew, behindwhich they had dodged at my first bird I saw was not ten feet fromme, peeping out past some fern, with hiseye riveted upon me, as shown in theillustration. I had passed others unnoticed, and onefellow, when he thought he had an oppor-tune time to get away, rose, and then. Partridge Nest with Eggs at Root of Big Oak. 3^6 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA fifteen others followed his example. Idropped a couple here, but before Ireached home I had eight nice birds. Thisis only one of scores of such outings Ihave had after these birds with equalsuccess, until the last seven or eight years,and I find if I bag one or two on a simi-lar trip now, I have done well. What arethe causes of this great decrease in theirnumbers ? The following are the causesI have observed: First, their retreats have been clearedaway and they are hemmed into smallbounds, except in the far north, and acovey can be annihilated in a day or sowith the aid of a good dog in one ofthese small groves. should be from the first of October tothe fifteenth of November. The reason isobvious to those who know the habits ofthese birds. The young birds are whatwe would call foolish in September,and are easily bagged, and every observerknows that they live on the buds of thetrees after the snow has come. They can
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