78 BIRDS OF YARMOUTH AND VICINITY. ALLEN. 



when it becomes common again. Ernest Thompson 

 Seton, in "Redruff," says, ''By a strange law of 

 nature, not wholly without parallel among mankind, 

 all partridges go crazy in the November moon of 

 their first year." I have the following notes that 

 may be of interest. At Argyle, Oct. 1, 1900, a 

 young but full grown grouse of that season, flew 

 from somewhere and alighted at my feet as I stood 

 on the doorstep of my boarding house, remaining 

 long enough to allow me to pick it up, when it 

 immediately struggled to escape. At Yarmouth, 

 Oct. 22, 1907, one was seen on the railway track 

 near the harbour, flying up and down and finally 

 disappearing. Another specimen flew in broad 

 daylight through the window of a house on William 

 St. On Nov. 2, 1907, a young grouse was caught 

 while flying about the freight sheds on the Dominion 

 Atlantic Railway wharf, but when liberated flew 

 off. Our Yarmouth specimens show two color 

 phases, red and gray, with intermediate specimens. 



. Phasianus torquatus (Gmel.). Ring-necked Pheasant. 



— A number of these birds (fifty or more) have 

 been liberated here during the last five years, and 

 are said to be multiplying rapidly. The mating 

 call of the male is heard as early as Mar. 26, and is 

 becoming one of the spring sounds of the woods, 

 while reports of young broods come in from all over 

 the western part of the country at least. 



316. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis (Linn.). Mourning 

 Dove. — Only five observations of this species 

 during seventeen years. 



325. Caihartes aura septentrionalis Wied. Turkey Vul- 

 ture. — One shot at Clarke's Harbour, Shelburne 

 Co., fall of 1892*. One shot at Seal Island, Shel- 



♦Tliis spofiim-n is now in tlio Proviiu-ial Musrmin, Ilalif.ax, accession No. 21!)6 



