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squatted down. They were silent when 
I made them fly. They have a fine 
feeding ground here, a south slope 
free of snow and bordered hy pines. 
At the bottom is a patch of weeds. 
December 22, 1901. 
Maine's i-oods - 8:05 a.m. 
1 
This morning I went down in the fields 
saw a number of quail tracks. The south 
slope in Maine's woods was covered with 
them. In one place they had gone into 
a large rabbit holes. I could see tracks 
down it as far as snow extended. In 
some places along the river they had 
worn a little path an inch or two wide. 
Saw one place where they had roosted. 
The tracks were made yesterday mostly. 
They put one foot in front of another, 
as in illustration. The drawing shows 
an exceptionally clear track. 
In one place they had 
picked at some rose haws 
that hung down over the 
river. They were very thick ,f 
where the red squirrels had 
eaten corn. 
The drawing shows one 
cluster with two seeds that 
have been partly eaten. The 
seeds were picked out. 
