WATER REQUIREMENTS 



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ing the winter period there was no substantial correlation between the distribution of adults 

 and streams or swamps even on the Adirondack area. 



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FIGURE 22. THE DISTRIBUTION OF BROODS FLISHED ON ONE COMPARTMENT OF THE CONNEC- 

 TICUT HILL STUDY AREA DURING WET AS COMPARED WITH DHV YE\RS 



Generally speaking it may be said tlial shelter and food exert a greater influence than water 

 upon grouse distribution in New York. Occasionally drinking water mav be utilized, but 

 dew and succulence probably supply the bulk of the moisture necessary for metabolic func- 

 tions during the warmer months. Normally the birds are capable of finding satisfactory 

 amounts of water from one source or another regardless of the specific habitats they occupv. 



