Bonasa umbollus 
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Lake Umbagog, Maine. Making a snickering noise. 
1897. At 9 A.M. I started up Cambridge River with Jim. 
Sept.29. On the way up I kept my gun ready most of the time and bagged 
two birds, a Partridge which I shot on the ground among some 
alders and a Sheldrake which I killed as it rose from the wa¬ 
ter. xxThere were two Partridges together but the other 
bird escaped mg. It flew up into a balsam and alighted behind 
a big cluster of twigs and foliage which concealed it almost 
perfectly and through which I feared the shot would not pene¬ 
trate. At length it started to fly again when I fired at but 
missed it. These Partridges attracted my attention by making 
the snickering noise which is so very like that of the Red 
Squirrel that most of the guides confess their inability to 
distinguish with certainty between the two animals. 
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