L. Umbagog 
Ganace canadensis 
1890 . 
Oct. 
Spruce Grouse are said to be more numreous even than they were 
last year. Mr. Sherman sees them almost every day. He and several 
of the other hunters refuse to shoot them. On one bccasion this 
autumn he very nearly caught an old cock in his hand. The bird was 
sitting on a low branch and allowed him to extend his fingers to 
within six inches of its foot when it flew to a higher branch. 
I saw a pair of young birds which v/ere shot on the Mollidgwauk 
burnt lands but most of those reported were seen in the favorite 
old haunt the swamp on the Tyler road. 
