Bonasa umbellus t ogata. . 
Bethel, Maine. Hen Partridge with ycung. 
1903 
June 4 
In the woods below the Doctor's house we came upon a fe¬ 
male Partridge with young about as big as newly hatched chickens, 
seeing her in nearly the same place both yesterday and this after¬ 
noon. On the first occasion the chicks ran a few paces and then 
separated and'squatted as usual, but contrary to their usual cus- 
had 
tom they kept,up an incessant peeping after they A concealed them¬ 
selves. The mother crawled close about us whining like a puppy as 
long as we stood close to her young, but when we walked on a few 
paces (not over ten yards) she ran at once to the spot where the 
chicks were hidden and began calling them with the peculiar harsh 
crut , crut, crar- r-r-r cry. We thought they joined her but the 
ferns were so thick that we could see only the old bird. We did 
not see the chicks at all this afternoon nor did they peep. The 
her bird started out from a thicket on one side of the path and 
circled around us whining. She was a gray bird and looked like a 
typical togata . 
