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TITK I'R.WKIJX OROUSE. 



bird is not crt'dited in anv pulilisla-cl rccunls willi iiiipi niaiil crit's, l)nl I am at 

 a loss otherwise t(.> acc(.)unt for certain imisical imtes lieanl in ()kaniioan 



Count V, '"''toot, reminding me of ncithin<;' else so much as al)l)re\'iated and 

 vcrv conifortal)Ie sighs of fog-horns ])ilched to tliirds. The rancliers assured 

 nie that it was tlie call of the cock I'"ranlslin, answered liy thai of \\w JR-n : hut 

 I would sooner beliex'e the converse, tor the tool was always stronger, hohk-r. 

 and of a lower kev. 



Taken in Stci'ots i I'niity. 



Photo by 11". ;/, n'rigUt. 



FEMALU FKA.NKI.I.X (a^ol.sl-: OX XEST. 



Well idcnlilied eggs of the h'ranklin (iroiise are still rare, and the nesting 

 habits ajipcar to he resting under the s.ame shadow of inattention as the birds 

 themsehcs. This is, of course, a luimiliating confession in the face of the 

 remarkable photogra])hs secured for us by Mr. W". 11. Wright, id' Spokane. 

 Mr. Wright ])robabl\- knows more al>out these Grouse than any other obsei\cr. 

 and we ho]ie that lie will some day give us a monograph u])on the subject. .\1I 



