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daresay some people will think I mean cold for India ; 

 I mean cold for anywhere. Remember that in winter 

 it always freezes at night in the plains in the N. 

 Punjab. Well, this station is 5,000 feet up. Two feet 

 of snow is quite common. We certainly do see the 

 sun more often than in England, but the changes of 

 temperature are most trying. The hot weather is hot, 

 and a lot too hot. 



^be IRearinG of the IRiiffct) (Brousc. 



By C. F. HoDGH, Ph.D. 



{Reprinted by permission from the Report oj the Commissioners 



071 Fisheries and Game, U.S.A., Dec, 1904,) 



THE permit given from the Department of Fisheries 

 and Game allowed me to take twelve eggs of 

 the Ruffed Grouse for purposes of experiment. 

 Five eggs were obtained May 28, and seven 

 June I, from nests not less than sixty miles apart, 

 being taken from two nests, in order to avoid the pos- 

 sibility of close interbreeding in case the birds reached 

 maturity. The eggs were carried in the crown of a 

 felt hat, between a thick pad of cotton batting and the 

 head, — the first lot from 9 in the morning until nearly 

 6 in the evening — and all hatched in apparently per- 

 fect condition, proving this to be an excellent method 

 of transporting incubated eggs. 



Cochin Bantam hens were obtained by the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Merrill from the Sutton hatcheries, and 

 they brought out the respective broods May 30 and 

 June 6. Food was supplied, but little was taken dur- 

 ing the first day, and the chicks were left undisturbed 

 in the nest. At the end of this time they were re- 

 moved to warm nest boxes, placed within boxed yards 

 covered with netting, which gave the chicks access to 

 grass. 



