Bonasa mbellus. 
Barrett's Woods, Concord, I^^ss. 
1898. I visited the Partridge's nest about 12.15 to-day and 
May 24. was within three yards of it when, rising suddenly, she darted 
through the bushes head direotly forward, and reeling from 
side to side, took the same direction that she did on the day 
when }.Ir. Brewster took some photographs of the nest. I looked 
into it and found the eggs unhatched and apparently in the 
same position as before. 
May 25. I visited the nest again to-day in a drenching rain- 
storm. When I had got within five or six rods of it I began 
to pick my way to make my approach less noticeable to the 
bird, thinking that I might get nearer than I did yesterday 
before she left the nest. The plan worked well as I thought, 
but on getting within two or three feet of the nest and look- 
ing into it I found that i, great change had taken place. 
Instead of the thirteen eggs which I expected to see I found 
thirteen shells, twelve in the nest and one outside, either 
knocked or dragged out by the birds. I rather think it was 
dragged out as it lay in the same direction that the old bird 
took when she left the nest. The shells all lay together, 
some of them being telescoped and fitting one into the other. 
The birds were evidently hatched between yesterday the 24th 
at 12.15 in the afternoon and 11 o'clock this morning. 
Gilbert . 
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