
That leaves a space within the curve 
of the wing and next the body, with 
the shoulder the open end. That’s where 
the noise comes out, also some dust, the 
same going straight up. 
It must be remembered that the first 
few strokes are slow and with a pause 
between, giving time to see the man- 
ner of doing the stunt, but one must 
see quick for the grouse doesn’t wait 
at the last of the serenade. The wing 
speed will hurry a movie camera at the 
last. I watched that grouse for six 
weeks or more but got close only a few 
times and the hen would nearly always 
come and then they would go away to- 
gether. The last time I saw him, I 
thought it would be a good idea to take 
him back home to show the folks how it 
was (as they poked fun at me for tell- 
ing such yarns) done so I crawled up 
behind him and when he got busy I 
made a reach for him but he wasn’t 
there. The last I saw of him was a 
little spot the size of my fist going 
over the hill. He left a hole in the air 
about ten feet long; he never came 
back. 
I’ve seen a number of others drum- 
ming but I never got as close to any 
other. As near as I could tell the 
sound is made by the cupping of the 
wings as I have described. The same 
sound can be made by cupping the two 
hands and striking them together, if 
you leave an opening at the thumbs. 
I used to wonder why they didn’t go up 
in the air when they drum, but when 
they drum the air current leaves the 
wings, going upward as the dust in- 
dicated, but in flying the air current 
is driven backwards, as witness the dis- 
turbance of the leaves on the ground 
that they have just left. Also, the 
sound is driven upward, making it hard 
to tell what direction it is coming 
from. 
Grouse Scarce in New Hampshire 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
HAVE never written before but 
thought perhaps some one would 
like to hear of hunting conditions here. 
This has been a very poor season for 
birds. There were a good many ruffed 
grouse left last fall and there were 
many young birds seen this spring 
during the fishing season but some- 
thing happened to them and there has 
been few young birds shot this fall. 
Still, they are not as scarce as they 
were in 1916-1917. The season has 
been very dry and noisy, but there 
has been some rain in the last week 
which helps some and I have had a 
few good hunts. Rabbits and fox are 
fairly plentiful and conditions are 
good. There are not many deer in 
this part of the country. 
GEORGE BoyToN 
Greenville, N. H. 
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