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CITIZEN BIRD 



they hear her say the danger is over. And that patient 

 watchful Mother (irouse has as many ways of leading 

 an enemy away from her nest as any House Mother 

 could devise if her children were in dano-er. 



'^ This Grouse is a Ground Gleaner, a Seed Sower, 

 and a Weed Warrior also in autumn. When snow 

 covers all other food, he nips buds from low plants. 



Ruffed Grouse. 



Sometimes he burrows in deep snow for shelter from 

 the cold, and then is liable to be caught by a sleet 

 storm and frozen in his hiding-place. So you see his 

 life is not altogether an easy one. 



'' The young Grouse stay with their parents until 

 they are old enough to choose mates for themselves ; 

 but the flocks are never as large as the covey Bob 

 White musters about him. 



" The American Woodcock, the last of the trio, and 



