ORDER GALLING 



Family Tetraonidae 

 Subfamily Tetraoninae 



RuFFEX) Grouse; Partridge; Pheasant. — Bortasa 

 umbellus. 1 7.00 



Uncommon Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Flies up with a bang, making more noise than 

 any other bird in Albany County; tufts of broad, glossy 

 black feathers on each side of neck; entire plumage 

 barred and mottled with varying shades of brown. 



I know a place within a short car ride from Albany where 

 I invariably flush four or five fine Partridges; then there is 

 another wooded slope where I have frequently scared up 

 from one to three; but I am not going to indicate these places, 

 as I am fond of live Partridges in the field and would like 

 to see them live. The gunner hereabouts laments the fact 

 that tfie Grouse have almost disappeared from the County and, 

 with a wise look, packs his expensive shooting outfit and 

 takes the train for the North Woods. Let us not hinder 

 him; the farther he goes the better I like him; and in the 

 meantime it is possible that a few birds will continue to exist 

 near the Capitol. 



It cannot be denied that the Ruffed Grouse has become a 

 rare bird here. The land has been too much denuded of 



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