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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 



Grouse Drumming. 



(Note how far forward the wings come ). 



Photo by C. F. Hodge. 



I hope all my readers may hear the grouse drumming this spring; and^ 

 when they do^ they may possibly get a good look at the drummer/ if they will 

 follow the directions given by Mr. Jones, of Oberlin, Ohio. While the grouse 

 is drumming, run silently as fast as you can toward the sound, but stop stock 

 still the instant the sound ceases — behind a tree, if possible. When he drums 

 again, run up nearer, and so on, until you are standing behind a tree within 

 a few feet of the bird. Do not try to "peek," until he begins to drum again, 

 then take a good look. Mr. Jones saj^s that he was able to rush up and 

 actually catch the bird in his hands while he was too much absorbed in his 

 drumming to think of flying away. I hope if anyone of you do this, you will 

 promptly let the bird go, and tell us the story in The American Bird Mag- 

 azine. It will be a fine story, I am sure. 



jimj a true story. 



Dewey Austin Cobb. 



Jim was a crow. Enterprise and curiositj'^ must have distinguished him 

 from the time he broke his shell and opened his insatiable bill, but his life 



