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orchard, within two or three yards of a dimly marked foot¬ 
path, and beautifully concealed under a matted platform of 
broken-down bushes which, although leafless, were so dense 
that the eggs could not be seen from above. Two of the eggs 
were placed on the tops of the others. The bird left the 
nest when we were about ten yards away and,without flying, 
made off with a peculiar crouching gait -- a. sort of rapid 
crawling motion — crouching very low, trailing her wings, and 
uttering a continuous gruff, whining sound — in short, 
behaving as a hen Partridge invariably does when surprised with 
a brood of young, but as I have never before seen one behave 
when leaving a nest with eggs. She was in sight for thirty 
yards or more for the cover was not at all dense, being sparse, 
scrubby sprout growth with no evergreens. The eggs did not 
look to be incubated. Purdie and I passed along this path 
on April 30th. 
Under the pines on Bensen ! s ridge Bartlett picked up 
a remarkably beautiful nest of the Pine Warbler lined with 
feathers and the fur of a Gray Squirrel. The materials were 
absolutely fresh, clean and not in the least matted. I 
think the nest must have been a new one but 5 tis an early date 7] 
In the afternoon I paddled down to Lawrence®s woods 
taking my camera. The young Owls were gone and at first 
I neither saw nor heard either of the old birds but one of 
the latter began hooting presently and I think I must have 
started the other at about the same time, judging by the way 
the Grows gathered and clamored in the woods by the river 
into which the male Owl usually flies when disturbed. Two 
