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off from him, I can safely assert in what way it was clone. 

 He stood erect on the log, and crosswise, looked about 

 a bit and as he did not see me(I was behind a large root ) 

 lie began. One! two! three times, then he paused, looked 

 around again, and with head erect and chest expanded, 

 how ho did make those wings go, but he never touched 

 the log with them. He drummed at least twenty times 

 wuiie I was there, and never once did he walk around ex- 

 cepting lie turned once clean around, shook his feathers, 

 gave a couple of coos and began drumming again. He 

 kept that up until about live o'clock, when the old hen 

 came up, and with tail expanded and wings dragging on 

 the ground, not much unlike a turkey gobbler, he started 

 oiT with his mate in opiost of food. 1 fully agree with all 

 that T. (jr.. Sargent says and hope to hear often from such 

 men. if no lire comes through the mountain to destroy 

 the nests there will be a large quantity of ruffed grouse, 

 or pheasants, as they are called here. 



The Kingbird. 

 By Chas. T. Hepburn. 



The Kingbird is one of the best friends of the farmer, 

 for the reason that its food is entirely insectivorous. 



From the time of its arrival it is always on the alert 

 for flying insects. His one fault is his liking for bees, 



