LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 The Stages of Succession Through Which Cover Passes May bk Divided Into 



Cover Types Based on the Composition and the Use Grouse Make of it 119 



Open Land (Type A) 122 



Overgrown Land — Popple (Type B) 122 



Overgrown Land — Alder Beds (Type B) 122 



Overgrown Land — Pure Birch Stand (Type B) 122 



Overgrown Land Filling in to Berries. Shrubs and Small Trees, but Predomi- 

 nantly Hardwood in Character (Type C) 123 

 Over(,rovvn Land Filling in to Hardwood and Coniferous Shrubs and Small 



Trees (Type D) 123 



Second-Growth Hardwoods (Type El 123 



Second-Growth Hardwoods and Conifers iType EH) 123 



Mature Hardwoods (Type F I 124 



Mature Hardwoods and Conifers (Type FH) 124 



Spot-Lumbered Area (Type G) 121 



Conifers — Mature Spruce (Type H) 124. 



Conifers — Mature Hemlock and Pine (Type H) 125 



Conifers — Hemlock Clump (Type Hi 125 



A Young Slashing Largely in the Herb, Berry and Young Sprout Stage (Type II 125 

 An Older Slashing with Sprout Hardwoods Gradually Crowding Out the Herbs 



AND Briers (Type J) 125 



Nearly Half of the Grouse Nests in New York State are to be Found in Second- 

 Growth Hardwoods (Type E) 127 



Many A Nest is Placed Against A Stump 129 



The Site Most Commonly Chosen is at the Base of a Tree 129 



A Very Unusual Location is in the Hollow of a Stump 129 



A Nest is Occasionally Situated by a Pile of Logs 131 



A Few Birds Place Their Nests Under Logs 131 



A Loose Tangle of Brush Offers a Likely Spot for a Nest 133 



But Few Nests are Placed where the Immediate Cover is Dense 133 



An Old Woods Road is Attractive Alike to the Man in Search of Relaxation vnd 



TO THE Grouse Seeking Nesting Sites Nearby 137 

 The Favorite Haunt of Grouse Broods Throughout the Summer is the Over- 

 grown Field. Especially if Rut Few Conifers are Present (Type C) 139 



Alder Runs are Particularly Attractive to Broods in the Adirondacks 143 



Second-Growth Hardwoods with a Varied But Not Dense Undergrowth Attract 



Many Broods 1 ''^ 



Broods Find an Endless Profusion of Pl.\nts Furnishing Food and Shelter in the 



Slashings 145 



Early Brood Cover is not Always Furnished by the Vegetation 115 



The "Small Hardwoods" Type of Undergrowth is a Common Component of Neu 



York Woodlands 146 



Winter Shelter 154 



Spring Breedinc; Grounds 154 



Summer Feedinc; Grounds 155 



Fall Feeding Grounds 155 



