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KEAV SEEIES—Xo. 249 . 
THE FLUSIIE 
WhiiT-r-r-r. -B:uu^.—Ban"—Xot a fualhcr 
touched 1 It is liard to-ini s so fair a shot, yet 
ive do not eavy him who can pick up the still 
ivarm bird—iU flii'ht for life and freedom cut 
short, without an emotion of regret blending 
■witli tlio jdeasurc felt in having made a good 
shot, and bagged the game. Our sympathies 
for it, as it -wings iU -whirring flight over 
some barrier the sportsman cannot priss, heal 
the pang of regret at having touched the trig¬ 
ger with too nervous or careless a finger. 
This beautiful dweller in the mountains and 
forests, common al.so in tlie wood-lands and 
along the embowered rivulets of New England 
and the Middle State.s, is familiar to almo.st 
D PARTRIDGE. — Drawn and Enorai^ 
everyone, either in the woods or in the markets. 
It is the Partridge of New England, the Pheasant 
of the Middle States, and is properly called the 
1 Ruffed Grouse, {Bonam unMlus), The dark 
neck feathers, when spread, form a ruff almost 
like Queen Elizabeth’s, and the tail is handed 
Avith black and gray. The motions of these 
I birds, Avhen In the wild woods and nnsuspieions 
I of harm, are charmingly graeciul and courtly, 
blending dignity and case. The step is proud, 
light, and free, and they daintily poise theni- 
j selves a second on each foot, as they trip along. 
' During the spring and summov the males arc 
' very sTrntty and fns.sy, anct are apnanmtly fond 
1 of a peculiar c.KCiciso, namely, standing upon a 
for the American Agriculturist. 
log or fallen tree, and healing it Avith their 
Avings in a Avay to produce a peculiar sound, 
which begins sloAvly and ends like the roll of 
a drum, and is called “ drumming.” It may¬ 
be heard a long distance. The young, until 
scA’cral Avccks old, arc strikingly like little 
chickens, and the hen partridge has the same 
maternal Avays as a common hen, as she leads 
about lier downy brood. They remain in or 
near tlieir iiaimls tlie year round, occasionally 
descending into tlic oreliards and faini enclos¬ 
ures for food in severe Avintei-s. Tliey often dive 
into liglit snow, hurroAving rapidly to escape 
pursuit, and also sludtcr tliemselves in this Avay 
from very sevore cold during Avinter nights. 
