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quitoes, which were so numerous that we spent most of our time fight- 

 ing them off to keep from being Hterally eaten alive. These swarms of 

 insects undoubtedly accounted for the abundance of insectivorous 

 birds, of which the flycatchers, and yellow warblers were by far the 

 most numerous. 



One morning while we were quietly walking through a small poplar 

 thicket just back of our camp, we were suddenly surprised by a mother 

 Ruffed Grouse, which excitedly darted out of the underbrush and flew 

 directly up to our feet, and in her attempt to lead us away from her 

 well-concealed brood, she went through all the antics of a crippled 



Fig. 5. — General view of the region just north of Advance, Wis. 



bird, and remained within a few yards of us while we diligently searched 

 for her young, eleven of which we found. Some of them were con- 

 cealed under dead leaves, the color of which blended so perfectly with 

 the markings of the young birds that to the untrained eye they would 

 usually pass unobserved. They made excellent subjects for a fine 

 close-up photo. 



On June 26th we concluded our work on the bay shore, and moved 

 our equipment to Advance, where we resided for the remainder of our 

 stay with Mr. Schoenebeck. Here we obtained a large series of pho- 



