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else that he saw while at Concord. 
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I Partridges were drumming freely and steadily all the 
forenoon. We heard all three of the birds at the Farm and a 
fourth in the Davis Hill Swamp. The drummer last mentioned 
must be the mate of the hen whose nest I found on the 13th on 
the ridge near Birch Island, although when sitting she could 
scarce hear the sound of her lord's wings, partly owing to 
distance (about 300 yards) but chiefly to the presence of an 
intervening knoll covered with dense woods. We visited this 
nest to-day. The bird sat much closer than on the 13th, 
allowing us to get within fifteen feet, when she rose directly 
from the nest and towered up and off through the tree tops. 
There were, as on the first occasion, eleven eggs^f 
On the edge of the Barrett Run, within easy hearing 
of two cock birds which were drumming at the time, and about 
midway between them, we came upon a hen Partridge with eight 
or ten young. The mother flew a few yards and then began 
tumbling about on the ground, making the usual whining outcry. 
The young, which appeared to be only a day or two old, ran 
feebly off in every direction, calling pee p, peep , peep in low 
but shrill tones. They went only a few yards before stopping 
and hiding. Seton marked one and I another. Both crawled 
in under dead leaves where they crouched motionless and 
silent, but with their eyes wide open. We lifted one of them 
gently. It made no effort to escape but sat contentedly and 
without fear in the palms of our opened hands. 7/hen we put 
it down on the ground, it remained exactly where it was placed. 
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