1900 
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I * £ idg 
During my walk borne this evening I heard five different 
Partridges drumming and in addition started three birds 
which were certainly not among those which 1 heard. Three 
of the drummers were on the Barrett Farm, one on the stone 
wall at the foot of the Run, one on an old wall at the 
western end of Birch Field, the third on the ridge south 
of the spring. Standing on Pulpit Rock I could hear all 
three distinctly . They seemed to be answering one another 
for no two of them drummed at the same time. The fourth 
drummer was at the north end of Davis’s Swamp, the fifth 
at Ball's Hill. 
Approaching the bird that was drumming at the western 
end of Birch Field, I saw him leave the wall and run off 
to the right under some pines, with his tail and ruffs wide¬ 
spread. The next instant another Partridge started from 
nearly the same spot and rustled off among the dry leaves, 
keeping behind the wall and whining like a young puppy, keeping 
upj this cry for a minute or more just as a hen Partridge with 
young usually does. I am nearly sure that this second bird 
was a female, but I did not see her distinctly enough to 
be certain. 
