For several days she invariably flew from the nest 
whenever anyone approached it, either on foot or in a wagon, 
usually rising when the intruder was fully 20 yards distant; 
but by degrees she became accustomed to the frequent 
passing and would permit us to either walk or drive past 
her without moving. On one occasion I took six people by 
her in a line, cautioning them all to keep moving. The 
last, a lady, stopped for an instant to get a better view 
of the bird who at once took wing. 
1/e visited the nest daily during the latter part of 
May but never disturbed the bird. When I passed it on 
the afternoon of June 3rd she was sitting quietly. On June 5th 
Mr. E. H. Forbush found the old bird leading her brooch of 
young through the bushes very near the nest. All the eggs 
had hatched, probably on this date although the nest was not 
visited by any of us on the 4th. 
One singular feet about this nest is that no 
Partridge has drummed within hearing of the spot, this spring. 
As I was living at the cabin the first two weeks of May, I 
can assert this positively, and yet I often flushed a cock 
bird with or near the hen before she began sitting and near 
where she nested.]! 
