Outing . IN THE BUNCH GRASS LAND [609] 610 OUTING. A COCK, LESSER PRAIRIE HEN several days I tramped many miles acrossthe hot, blistering sands of Seward Coun-ty, Kansas, often flushing cocks, mostgenerally in twos and threes, and as theyappeared quite plentiful I felt sure thatthe hens were nesting close at the efforts of an old-time trap-per, Mr. Ed. Ward, I was successful insecuring a set of thirteen straw-buff col-ored eggs. The nest, a mere hollow inthe sand, was lined with a few grasses,and was situated under a tumble weedwhich had lodged between two tufts ofgrass on the nor
Outing . IN THE BUNCH GRASS LAND [609] 610 OUTING. A COCK, LESSER PRAIRIE HEN several days I tramped many miles acrossthe hot, blistering sands of Seward Coun-ty, Kansas, often flushing cocks, mostgenerally in twos and threes, and as theyappeared quite plentiful I felt sure thatthe hens were nesting close at the efforts of an old-time trap-per, Mr. Ed. Ward, I was successful insecuring a set of thirteen straw-buff col-ored eggs. The nest, a mere hollow inthe sand, was lined with a few grasses,and was situated under a tumble weedwhich had lodged between two tufts ofgrass on the north side of a sloping hil-lock. The sitting hen allowed us to ap-proach quite close before taking Ward informed me that the nestswere almost invariably placed on top ofa rise, or on its sloping sides. The nests,though usually placed in open situations,are extremely difficult to find owing tothe dichromatic arrangement of thefeathers, which so harmoniously blendswith the surroundings of the sitting far greater protection to the sitt
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