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on the ground, beside a log, rock, or tree, in the woods. It is 

 most often to be found in or near swampy lands. The last 

 which I examined, which contained eight fresh eggs about the 

 twenty-fifth of May, was placed in the " scrub," beneath an 

 interlacing of fallen switches. It was a hollow, about nine 

 inches in diameter, and was lined chiefly with bits of dry fern. 



Fig. 20. Ruffed Grouse (). 



(c). 2 Had our forefathers been as intolerant of error in 

 matters of science as in matters of faith, and had they wished, 

 in npplj'ing familiar names to common objects, that the Eng- 

 lish should obtain by comparison an accurate impression of 

 what was found here, our Ruffed Grouse would have been 



9 This biography, and the three following, have been contributed by a friend. 



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