1874.] 349 [Hagen. 



nest, while she scolded and picked at my hands like a setting hen, 

 I subsequently found several broods of young ones in July, August 

 and September, from which I drew the following conclusions — that 

 there are rarely more than ten in a brood, and usually from seven to 

 nine. The young birds appear about the 10th of July ; by the first 

 or second week of August they are as large as quails, and their tails 

 begin to show some white, and a few white specks to appear here and 

 there. By the latter part of September they are nearly full grown, 

 and very closely resemble the parent birds. When quite young they 

 are striped with broad bands of blackish brown and dirty white, like 

 some varieties of game and Cochin chickens. The mother is very 

 assiduous in the protection of her brood, and employs all the little 

 artifices that the Ruffed-grouse uses to draw off an intruder. 



I am under the impression that they raise but one brood a year, 

 although I cannot be certain of this. Most of the brood are two- 

 thirds grown, and strong on the wing by the 5th' or 10th of Septem- 

 ber, but occasionally a young brood may be met with at that time, 

 less than half grown. I am inclined to think, however, that in this 

 case the first brood has been destroyed by hawks, weasels, or other 

 predacious animals. 



Section of Entomology. March 25, 1874. 

 Mr. E. P. Austin in the chair. Thirteen persons present. 

 The following paper was read . — 



The Odonate Fauna of Georgia, from Original Draw- 

 ings NOW IN POSSESSION OF Dr. J. LeCoNTE, AND IN THE 



British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen. 



The materials for this sketch of the Odonata Fauna of Georgia 

 came together gradually, and at great intervals of time. In 1852 

 Professor Heer placed in my hands a number of Odonata from 

 Georgia, collected by Abbot, and belonging to the collection of the 

 late Mr. Escher Zollikofer in Zurich, Switzerland, the duplicates of 

 which I was allowed to keep for my collection. In 1857 I studied care- 

 fully a number of species collected by Abbot contained in the British 

 Museum in London, and the original drawings in the library of that 



