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be a veaiiinL;. this whirr is yeiicralK' accompanied l)y a rai)i(ll\ clelivered peep- 

 pecp-pccp, not at all unlike that c)f a young chicken. The call note of the 

 adults is a li(|ui(l whistle apj^roacliing somewhat the syllables hu-zvce-ii, rapidly 

 delivered and sligliih' accented on the middle note. It is not at all like the 

 Bob-white's note, but might easil_\- be mistaken for some Ixiy signaling to a 



friend. The coin'er- 

 sation of a hen part- 

 ridge with her newly 

 hatched chicks re- 

 minds one of noth- 

 ing so much as a 

 diminutix e edition of 

 a barn - yartl h e n 

 mother. 



Somewhat inclined 

 to high altitudes, as 

 their name implies, 

 the favorite localities 

 for these l)irds are 

 tlie large areas in 

 our forests that have 

 been c 1 e a r e d of 

 standing timber. In 

 the course of a }"ear 

 or two these "btuMis," 

 as they are called, 

 become overgrown 

 with buckle - berry, 

 salal, and occasional- 

 ly a dense growth of 

 the wild sweet ]iea. 

 Here is food in 

 abundance at all sea- 

 sons : for in summer 

 the decayed mold of 

 the fallen trees con- 

 tains grubs and in- 

 sects galore as change from fall and winter diet of berries anfl seeds. Tell-tale 

 hollows in the sofi dry earth, sprinkled with a feather or two, speak of 

 luxurious dust-baths, and a net-work of ihree-toed tracks on a neighboring 

 wood-road shows where the band has taken its morning con.stitutional. 



It will probably always be open to doubt as to whether these two \-arieties, 



Taken near Tan 



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L 11. Bowles. 



NEST AND EC.GS OF MOUNT.M.X OliAU. 



