BUFFED GROUSE; PARTRIDGE 109 



You will hear at first a single beat or two far apart and 

 have time to say, "There is a partridge," so distinct 

 and deliberate is it often, before it becomes a rapid roll. 



June 14, 1860. A brood of little partridges in the 

 woodpaths. The old bird utters a loud wiry, mewing 

 sound of alarm, the young a very fine sharp sound like 

 cherry-birds. 



June 27, 1860. 2 P. M. —Up Assabet to Farmer's. 



See on the open grassy bank and shore, just this side 

 the Hemlocks, a partridge with her little brood. Being 

 in my boat, I went within three rods, and they were 

 hardly scared at all. The young were but little bigger 

 than chickens four or five days old, yet could fly two or 

 three rods. The partridge now takes out her brood to 

 feed, all the country over ; and what an extensive range 

 they have ! — not confined to a barnyard. 



[See also under Tree Sparrow, p. 297 ; General and 

 Miscellaneous, pp. 405, 413, 414, 418, 431, 432.] 



