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STOBIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



CljE ^c^artriirife. 



YEBY boy who lives in New England 

 will readily recognize the bird in 

 the engraving as the partridge. In 

 some parts of the country, however, it is 

 called the pheasant, or ruffed grouse. 

 How many times I have tried to find a par- 

 tridge's nest. I have spent hours in hunting 

 after one, which I was almost sure must be 

 within a few feet of me, but which, after I 

 learned the tricks of the partridge family, I 

 found out to have been a great mistake. 

 When the bird has a nest, and sees or hears a 

 boy coming, though at a great distance off, she 

 will leave her nest, after having covered it up 

 carefully mth leaves, and without making the 

 least noise, walk away several rods. Then she 

 will make a gTcat ado around that spot, as if 

 her treasures were concealed there. I do not 



