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THE RUFFED GROUSE IN THE MARCH OF TIME 



Clark tells us that the two females quarreled over the privilege of sitting on the eggs, a 

 situation which more recent experimenters have seldom noted. Most likely both laid in the 

 same nest. At all events, the eggs were subsequently set under two bantam hens, one ot 

 which, unfortunately, was killed shortly by some predator. The other hatched four young 

 grouse. Put in a small coop, she is reported to have developed a deep affection for them for 

 which they made a poor return. Clark indicates they took little note of her anxious calls and 

 that frequently at night he had to place one or two "lost" chicks under her. Almost prophet- 

 ically, they all died, but Clark, little dismayed, carried on similar experiments for six long 

 years before concluding that his failures were attrii)utable to a lack of proper food. 



TABLE 3. KNOWN ATTEMPTS TO REAR RUFFED GROUSE IN CAPTIVITY FROM EGGS 



COLLECTED IN THE WILD— 1879-1942 



