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THE RUFFED GROUSE /A THE MARCH OF TIME 



TABLK i. KNOVV\ ATTKMPTS TO HlvVU lU'FKED GROUSE IN CAPTIVITY FROM EGGS 

 SECURED FROM HAND-RAISED BIRDS— 1875-1912 



*Reault3 from eggs secured from the wild and from hand-raised birds. 



A Raised some grouse. 



tExact year unknown. 



JTwclve of the 20 birds producing these eggs were from wild-trapped stock. 



grasp, fate played the persistent doctor the first of a series of strange and discouraging tricks. 

 A cat appropriated all Imt two for a midnight lunch although the grouse were carefully 

 penned. 



Undaunted, the following year he collected a larger number of eggs. The two survivors of 

 the previous year were, fortunately, a pair. One can imagine the excitement and satisfaction 

 engendered when ten eggs were laid and five chicks emerged from them. Rv this time, too, 

 cats had learned to give Pine Hill, where the Hodge family lived, a wide berth. This edu- 

 cation was not an altogether painless process, however, for an assistant. Dr. Dellinger, was 

 liaird before the Worcester police court, charged with cruelty to animals for having killed 



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