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/VOLUME XXVI— No. 10. 
NEW- YORK, OCTOBER, 1SG7. 
NEW SERIES— No. 249. 
THE FLUSHE 
Whirr-r-r-r. Bang.— Bang.— Not a feather 
touched I It is hard to miss so fair a shot, yet 
we do not envy him 'who can pick up the still 
warm bird — its flight for life and freedom cut 
short, without an emotion of regret blending 
with the pleasure felt in having made a good 
sjiot, and bagged the game. Our sympathies 
for ii, as it wings its whirring flight over 
some barrier the sportsman cannot pass, heal 
the pang of regret at having touched the trig- 
ger -with too nervous or careless a finger. 
This beautiful dweller in the mountains and 
forests, common also in the wood-lands and 
along the embowered rivulets of New England 
and the Middle States, is fomil'iv to almost 
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D PARTRIDGE.— Drawn ami Engraved 
every one, either in the woods or in the markets. 
It is the Partridge of New England, the Pheasant 
of the Middle States, and is properly called the 
Ruffed Grouse, (Bomw uiribellus). The dark 
neck feathers, when spread, form a ruff almost 
like Queen Elizabeth's, and the tail is handed 
with black and gray. The motions of these 
birds, when in the wild woods and unsuspicious 
of harm, arc charmingly graceful and courtly, 
blending dignity and ease. The step is proud, 
light, and free, and they daintily poise them- 
selves a second on each foot, as they trip along. 
During the spring and summer the males arc 
very strutty and fussy, and are apparently fund 
of a peculiar exercise, namely, standing upon a 
for the American Agriculturist. 
log or falleu tree, and beating it with their 
wings in a way to produce a peculiar sound, 
which begins slowly and ends like the roll of 
a drum, and is called "drumming." It may 
be heard a long distance. The young, until 
several weeks old, are strikingly like little 
chickens, and the lien partridge has the same 
maternal ways as a common hen, as she leads 
about her downy brood. They remain in or 
near their haunts the year round, occasionally 
descending into the orchards and farm enclos- 
ures for food in severe winters. They often dive 
into light snow, burrowing rapidly to escape 
pursuit, and also shelter themselves ill this way 
from very severe cold during winter nights. 
