GAME BIRDS. 



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THE CAPEBCALZIF. 



preaches of courtship are continued, and do not desist till the trees 

 have all their leaves, and the forest is in full bloom. During this 

 whole season, the cock of the wood is seen at sunrise and setting, 

 extremely active upon one of the largest branches of the pine tree. 

 With his tail raised, and expanded like a fan, and his wings droop- 

 ing, he is seen walking backward and forward, his neck stretched 

 out, his head swollen and red, and making a thousand ridiculous 

 postures, his crying, upon that occasion, is a kind of loud explo- 



