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SUBKINGDOM VBRTEBRATA. 



Fig. ai. 



tarsi and the nasal groove partly feathered.* Not being 

 migratory, it is hunted during the 

 colder months. In the spring, it 

 drums upon a log with its wings, 

 closely imitating distant thunder. 

 When the young are hatched, they 

 follow the mother, and the males 

 joining the flock, all remain to- 

 gether during the winter, after 

 which they separate, the young 

 selecting their own homes, not far 

 from their parents. 



Perdicidae.f — The Partridge is 

 not migratory, but passes the win- 

 ter in swamps. Unlike the Grouse, 

 it is monogamous, the young re- 

 maining with their parents till spring, and then pairing. At 



Fig. ess. 



Bonasa mnbdlvs^ 

 Ruffed Grouse. \. 



Perdix nneria, C ommon Partriflge. England. 



* The Ruffed Grouse is called Partridge in New England and tlie West, anij 

 Pheasant in ttie Middle States. 



t In New England the Perdicidae are called Quails. The true quail CCotumix 



