Birds Of Upper St. John, 
Ba.tch.eid.er, 
gi. Bouasa umbellus {Linn.) Stepk. Ruffed Grouse. — Rather 
coimnon at Fort Fairfield. At Grand Falls only a few were seen— in the 
hard woods;. 
BuLU N.O.O, 7, July, 1882. P.15I 
Birds within Ten Miles of Point ' 
deMonts. Can, Comeau&Merriam 
78. Bonasa umbella. Ruffed Grouse. — A resident, like the last, 
but not common. This appears to be the northern limit of the Grouse on 
the east coast, and I was unable to find any evidence of its presence lower 
down along the north shore of the Gulf. 
Bull, N.O.O, 7 ,Oot, I882,p,238 
^ The numbers of the Ruffed Grouse have been seriously dimin- 
ished, but I notice that in those districts where they are most 
harrassed they have become exceedingly wary and cunning. I 
have also observed that among these birds the size of the brood 
has decreased, for instead of clutches of nine, ten, or a dozen, I 
now rarely find one-half that number. 
The Eskimos assert that during the period of incubation the 
Ptarmigan cease to give off any scent by which they can be 
traced ; and my experience leads me to think that our Ruffed 
Grouse possess the same peculiarity, else how could they so 
universally escape alike from furred and feathered foes, as they 
certainly do at this season. / 
rtainly do at this season. ^ 
3 ■ ^ ^ jo • '3 ■ 
An Omithologiat’s Summer in Labrador 
M. AbbottFrazar, 
Bonasa umbellus. The “Birch Partridge” is 
a well recognized bird all along the Labrador 
coast up to the most easterly point I reached, 
but seems to he not as common as the preced- 
ing species. The nearest I came to olitainiug a 
specimen was seeing the tail of one tacked on 
tlie wall of a house at Esquimaux Point. It 
was of a very reddish brown color, very much 
more so than any I ever saw in Massachusetts 
or New Brunswick, or in any of the Boston 
markets. 
O.&O. XII. Mar. 1887. p. 35- 
Lutes of Birds ill Kings 
County, N.S. Watson L.Bieliop. 
18, 10. June 6. 
O.&O. XIII.Mar. 1888 p.45 
