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nest. I have not heard a Partridt,e drum since April 2Sth al- 
though I have been in their haunts daily and at all hours. 
Nest with 12 eggs. 
Visited the Partrisge's nest in the Barrett Run and found 
it all right v;ith no additional eggs. The bird rose at ten 
yards distance, flew about 10 feet (she had to fly to get 
clear of the huckleberry bushes ) then dro'pped to the ground 
and ran until out of sight crossing several spaces and moving 
in a crouching position with her head close to the ground. 
This behavior was so. nearly sirnilar to that of the bird that 
had the nest with 13 eggs last seasoii that I am satisfied 
they are one and the same individual. 
As I vras crossing the opening beyond the s’wamp (near 
Bail's Hill) I saw a hen Partridge perched on a little moiuid 
under a pine in a crouching p>osition. The ground over a space 
of several yards around the mound was as smooth and open as a 
well swept floor. I was less than twointy-f ive f(Kvt away and 
the bird must have seen me as I approached. She did not move 
until I stopT>ed and put the glass on her when she began walk- 
ing slowly off making the squirrel-like chickering sound and 
when she got behind a tree she flew. I saw a cock Partridge 
a few days ago do nearly the same the same thing but he was 
standing rather erect and as still as a statue in an openir^. 
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