• f Hktress fluttering about as if with broken wing, 
jured. Uttenng cries of distress, nutter, g ^.^^ 
„e leads us a safe distance fron, her P--- ''"^^ ^Xst alarm note 
.way rejoicing that her brood ts out of ^-8-. 
.onr their ..other the y^l^ Jl^.,..,, motionless 
flattening themselves to ; „ ^,3^ hatched are downy 
:\'^"'^M'hrr^ brood .rr'umber from eight to twelve. As 
;;;::rrhas"a:relnL, probal,, . sma,, portion of the orighral 
„rood live to see J^'' ™- tried the experiment of 
I presume many of our ^^'""J J> J Undoubtedly all the 
putting eggs of the ^;^"^\:j Zr ,,^, the little grouse, de- 
experiments have resulted .n the '^"^^ ^'J ' di,<j ;( kept 
-""V': "^^erT'yrm^I^LTIe; tl be told that the writer 
,n captiv.ty. ^""'''^^'''X" overcame her wild inst.ncts 
,„ows of one S™"--^-^ ^ J I Newfane .noticed a grouse follow- 
.nd became quue ame^ A f n. . ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 
;;r::o;:::^"i.:earthefarm^^^^^^^^ 
rrit^fTbeXi rirdfCwrite .so i. h. 
Inusual experience of holding this live ruffed grouse. 
RED-TAILED HAWK— (B«f«o borealis.) 
Uooer parts dark grayish brown; under parts white streaked with 
teSth. male about twenty inches; female twenty-three .nches. 
Resident. ^ .jr 
