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April, 1918 
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died the same waters which we now ply. 
THE DRUMMING OF 
THE RUFFED GROUSE 
(continued from PAGE 201) 
raised his wings and repeated the sound. 
Still continuing to raise and lower his 
wings more and more rapidly, the sound i 
finally rolled away ‘in one continuous mur¬ 
mur and was still.’ The sound was inde¬ 
scribable. As soon as he had drummed he 
jumped off the log and disappeared. Wish¬ 
ing to know if the female, the probable 
cause of the conflict, was near by, I ad¬ 
vanced rapidly and started her, together 
with the victor, and a short distance away 
the defeated bird.” 
In his book, “American Game Bird 
Shooting,” Dr. Grinnell further observes 
upon the drumming of the grouse: “Some 
excellent authorities think the drumming' 
cannot be considered a love note because 
it may be heard almost every month in the 
year and sometimes in the night as well 
as in the day time. I am disposed to think 
that it is really in part a mating call. 
Other grouse perform certain operations 
usually thought to be connected with the 
mating time in autumn as well as in spring. 
The sharp-tailed grouse holds its dances in 
autumn, and I have been told that the 
dusky grouse hoots in the autumn as well 
as in spring, though by no means so vigor¬ 
ously. Certainly we may believe that at 
the proper season of the year it possesses 
an attraction for the female, and S. T. 
Flammond in his capital book, ‘My Friend 
the Partridge,’ gives some testimony to 
this effect.” 
Whatever the real answer may be, I 
think all will agree that, if there were no 
other reason, the bird is a benefactor to 
all who love the woods when he sends his 
call reverberating through the forest, and 
adding just that touch of vital, vibrant na¬ 
ture that makes all the world kin, and glad 
to be alive and a part of it all. 
