1874. 
Canaee canadensis. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
li 
(Aug.20) 
ii 
ii ** Shot a female v/hich T flushed in a tangle of rasp-— 
berry buslies in a perfectly open pasture on the side of 
Upton ;ill, nearly one hundred yards from the edge of 
the woods, which for a long distance in, .ware composed 
exclusively of hard woods. 
" 24. 
Killed a very fine adult male on the road to the 
Sluice. 
" 28. 
While wal]cing quietly along the Tyler Path just 
beyond the bog I happened to look up and discovered two 
young Spruce Grouse sitting in the branches of small larh 
directly over my head, one v/ith nock outstretched, the 
other squatted close on the limb. They sat perfectly 
motionless, their statuesque figures framed by the deli¬ 
cate green foliage which surrounded them. After watch¬ 
ing them a moment I shot one and missed the other as it 
flew. The bird killed had its crop filled with larch 
needles. 
Sopt. 4. 
Leaving the Tyler Path to pick up a bird that I had 
shot I came suddenly upon an old male Spruce Grouse. 
As he stood on a little knoll in a clump of bunck berries 
with a stray sunbeam lighting up his dark plumage he pre¬ 
sented a most beautiful appearance and I looked at him 
several; moments before shooting. Henry Douglass kill¬ 
ed another, a fine male in fall plumage. 
“ 11 . 
A very fine adult male shot on the Tyler Path. 
'187S.-. 
June 14. 
i: 
i| 
Between the entrance to the Tyler Path and the bog 
I came upon a fine male Spruce Grouse. He rose from the 
patn with a faint flutter and alighted in a low alder. 
I v/atehed him for some time and noticed that the red 
space over the eye was very conspicuous; that he held 
his tail high with the under covert striking down below 
It; and that he turned his head very slowly and steadi¬ 
ly Bftd slowly as if it were moved by automatic machinery. 
At length I turned to walk away to fair shooting distance 
when he imriodiatoly took v^ing, flying directly after m 
along Ghe path and actually alighting within six feet of 
my neels. The next moment afterwards, ho’vever ho 
^ low’limb 
\mer 0 C shot him. 
1879. 
l^ay 24. ■ 
In tho v 7 oods imnodiatoly bohintj tho house I dis- 
iTout v,alkod deliborat. 
ly out along tho limb and began to food. Plucking mou*h- 
fdls 01 noodles with a quick, nervous notion 
