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SUBKIKGDOM VEBTEBEATA. 



237. 



tarsi and the nasal groove partly feathered.* Not being 



migratory, it is hunted during the 

 colder months. In the spring, it 

 drums upon a log with its wings, 

 closely imitating distant thunder. 

 When the young are hatched, they 

 follow the mother, and the males 

 joining the flock, all remain to- 

 gether during the winter, after 

 which they separate, the young 

 selecting their own homes, not far 

 from their parents. 



Perdicidae.t The Partridge is 

 not migratory, but passes the win- 

 ter in swamps. Unlike the Grouse, 

 Ruffed Grouse, j. it j s monogamous, the young re- 



maining with their parents till spring, and then pairing. At 



Fig. 238. 



Perdlx dnerta. Common Partridge, England. 



* The Ruffed Grouse is called Partridge in New England and the West, and 

 Pheasant in the Middle States. 



t In New England the Perdicidse are called Quails. The trua quail (Coturnfa 



