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HABITS OP BIRDS. 



spirit of the marksmen may alter the native habits of 

 the grouse, and oblige them to betake themselves to 

 new ways of life. 



" They commonly keep together in coveys, or 

 packs y as the phrase is, until the pairing season. A 

 full pack consists, of course, of ten or a dozen. Two 

 packs have been known to associate. I lately heard 

 of one whose number amounted to twenty-one. 

 They are so unapt to be startled, that a hunter, 

 assisted by a dog, has been able to shoot almost a 

 whole pack, without making any of them take wing. 



Pinnated Grouse in the act of strutting. 



