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FOREST AND STREAM 
December, 1921 
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The writer had another curious expe- 
rience once when grouse shooting with 
three companions. We had come to an 
old pasture in the midst of a woods and 
two of the men continued to hunt along 
one side, while the other man and I 
started to cross the field to hunt the 
other side. We had reached the middle 
of the field when one of the men below 
shouted, “Mark !” I turned quickly and 
saw a bird coming straight at my head 
and only about fifty feet away. My gun 
flew to my shoulder and I fired point- 
blank; the bird folded its wings but 
sailed on and I had to actually duck my 
head as it passed over me with a swish 
and fell about ten feet behind me stone 
dead. On examination we found that 
the shot had passed between the wing 
and body raking off the feathers and 
scratching the skin, while only one stray 
shot had penetrated the breast. The dis- 
tance was so small that the shot had not 
had time to scatter and so did not muti- 
late the bird. This grouse was evidently 
so terror-stricken that it did not see me 
at the moment, but would probably have 
swerved in time to avoid a collision. 
IN discussing the characteristics of ter- 
1 ror-stricken grouse, one of my com- 
panions told the following story: 
“I was staying at a hotel in Bingham- 
ton, N. Y., and was sitting in the smok- 
ing-room one dark evening in Novem- 
ber. 
“The large plate-glass windows faced 
the railroad station across the street. On 
the other side of the railroad the wooded 
hills rose up steeply. The electric lights 
were glaring brightly as we sat and 
smoked, looking out on the street. Sud- 
denly there was a crash, the plate-glass 
window was shattered, and a ruffed 
grouse fell dead at our feet. 
“The consensus of opinion was that 
the grouse had been attacked on the op- 
posite hillside by an owl and in its terror 
it had dived off the hillside at full speed 
and the electric light bewildered it so 
that it had crashed through the window.” 
Although there are many instances on 
record of panic-stricken grouse, it is 
truly wonderful how skillfully these 
noble game-birds avoid trees, even in 
their most headlong flights through the 
dense woods. 
NATURAL HISTORY 
( Continued, from page 547) 
but what would be classed as a large- 
sized “little neck.” 
The bird was quite exhausted and 
seemed pretty much done up, but after 
the clam had been removed I placed him 
in the grass at one side and left him 
there. About one or two o’clock I went 
down to see how he was feeling, and 
he gave a peep and flew off. The bird 
had a spread of about 18 inches, possibly 
a trifle more, bright chestnut red chest 
and throat, black on the crest on the 
head, and down over the back, bright 
yellow legs, rather short for a wader, 
and of course the usual long bill. We 
thought he agreed with the description 
of Cory’s Lesser Bittern. 
Frederick C. Bowditch, Mass. 
A Bronzed Grackle 
A BRONZED GRACKLE 
'THE Bronzed Grackle, which ranges 
4 through the middle west, is among 
the early arrivals north and is also early 
to nest, starting about the first of May. 
By this time the large flocks, which ar- 
rived a few weeks previously, have 
broken up and the grackles are consort- 
ing in pairs along river banks, lakes and 
marshes, where they customarily nest. 
The male appears to act the role of 
protector or escort, accompanying his 
mate as she collects dry grass and other 
material for her nest. While taking a < 
keen interest in the operations he does 
not actively assist, but seems to be coaxed j 
by the plaintive calls of his mate to re- 
main near at hand. The latter is very 
active and soon has her nest completed ij 
and entrusted with four or five brownish 
spotted eggs. Though usually high up, j! 
the nests are sometimes built in the ;i 
rushes over water, as are those of the 
red-wing and yellow-headed blackbird. 
The grackles feed on tender shoots 
and insects, which they find largely at 
the water’s edge. They will often sub- 
merse their entire foreparts to obtain 
choice morsels and sometimes, though 
rarely, even dive after fish. 
F. N. Whitman, Illinois. 
HIS HONOR THE COOK 
( Continued from page 559) 
fort was a tribute to his skill ; it required 
too great an exertion to contradict him 
so he was allowed to entertain this be- 
lief. This failure to contradict tended 
to foster ingrowing ego, self-esteem and ■ 
vanity in the cook, but it was generously l' 
conceded by the others that a modest [j 
modicum of credit was due to one who |i 
could prepare such a gustatory master- |j 
piece. 
W HEN the leisurely moving house- - 
boat had reached Southern Florida 
a wild turkey would occasionally be shot 
(in all three were brought aboard), then i 
the cook would proceed as though about 
to engage in some important religious 
rite; dignity fairly radiated from him 
and it behooved whomsoever might that 
day be doing K. P. to watch his. step ! 
and listen to his master’s voice. 
When a wild turkey was to be served j 
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