C . . ... snsii 
Haiti El* gog). 
JUll ! — 
1OV■ >. 
Juno ;h . 
Gideon 
gion t oily j 
Grouse dram 
;om, on ;• early settlors of this ra* 
The i 
> hat ho has frequently soon tso Spruce 
Ho d escribes o. • e ner.f<> • nr.oo at? fol'lo' ‘s': 
ground vib ra*» 
sos incline o s ho *i»» 
fcwnt -i branch ton or t elm hd nbcVo ;-.round-, vhora 
it roots 1 ament and then re to rss to th ; ground on abbot, 
th ■■■■'■- :■ al In it s» '-’ho 
sound thus p/oducod is much like that of the uffed 
Grouse but lacks the t >r >1 ii .iiu.ry, riiscf-nnoc tod thuds , 
and Is -,11 ;unr shout or, non harm id, and not as loud, 
,. : ho s i it y ho ho surd a considerable di ,anc ii Still 
■wreath or. 
It fosnal : , ' t • • bnu l ’if dai iId 
Yforo brought to mo alive by <mo of ■■ V; guides who took 
- ■' 1 i ath. " i ' 5 iro 
|young in the brood. He snared the f -• alo in tl a suruai 
mann• >r vrith .. noosoof twine ath oboe' to the end of 
short ?olo, pa.eslug t a no-so or r h ■■■ h g. 
/ 
Two young birds, a mule 
i ■- w 
a, .hirst pi am go 
1 and about half 
brought ho no. 
aorrj.es, c >c >ra mu 
, aoro h 111 ■ ' V 1 vf Putin and 
7b. fv c a uvb p ras.f :-r j.os , : 1’ 
needles. 
■, fir bud?;, 
1. 7 
July 2Q 
bv arid 
Among, bn thickly growing young firs and a .rue os 
behind tnw rill, I came upon a .irood of yeung Spruce 
Grouse about as largo ns Quail. They rose t with a 
heavy ohirrirs. to l o Was <uf the lor 'irs whero they 
sat watching me, utboring on (.as Lon. " 1 a l<. - shit : I eg 
noise The noth v , a Is.-; .iiphggg o; , fir noa y 
. »sss 3 y g-g . .. j ck to her . . 
Apgr-ocb in • her ca u,.Lonely C -,e tun ■ 1;, got n. oar ' o gh 
r< 1 * ii *east i - zzle my ui pui • 
in h r <■ ff branch, v/hon she u . ra idly with a 
loud whirring to ; < ■> 1 or til tree b ,11.ov id ro to 
withdrawing a 
the young hi r’s 
. r '••.! i ght od 
itildes T not iced 
V/ 
Upon ) 
&pg’o,.ca quite a . »ar an n. 
fw yards she begun to call a in, 
answering she shot-fly after took in 
among ' thorn. In flight and go;->rnl 
no thing v ry fir" uv; t fruv : <n o? > t" o buffod 
|Th: ' looked / *g Ilk th©j of that bird 
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