brushes long and heavy Quality con- 
sidered, according tc the judgment of 
many people, they make a rather in- 
expensive garment, 
Many folks near the woodland con- 
sider the fat of the raccoon a splendid 
oil for harness and heavy shoes. Oth- 
ers do not consider the carcass a by- 
product in any sense, but use it as a 
delicious roast for special occasions. 
Some First-Hand Grouse 
Observations 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
SAW some time ago an article about 
how and why partridge sometimes 
dive into the snow to roost, and doubt 
was expressed in regard to it, as to 
whether they do or do not. Well, they 
do. I have seen them go to roost under 
the snow, and also have seen them come 
out. There seems to be two reasons 
for it, as far as I could ever find out 
by watching them and the sign they 
left. One reason is protection from 
the big white and gray owls, which 
prey on partridge. When the owls 
find the neighborhood of the roost- 
ing place of a band of partridge they 
soon clean them up when they roost in 
the trees. So, after the owls get one 
or two, the partridge take to the snow 
for a few days or nights, rather. Also, 
the partridge will take to the snow on 
the approach of a big storm, and some- 
times stay under the snow for days. 
I have found where they came out 
after the storm was over (the storm 
lasting three days), and they had gone 
into the snow before the storm began, 
that being shown by a slight crust on 
the old snow caused by warm sunshine 
the day before the storm begun, and 
all holes where they had camped were 
below that crust. There were about 
eight inches of new snow on top of the 
crust in that particular place. It was 
under the edge of a big cedar tree. All 
of the signs of them roosting in the 
snow that I ever saw were beneath 
some sort of evergreen trees, usually 
near the edge of a cedar swamp. I 
never saw signs on the hardwood 
ridges. I have found places where the 
snow had crusted over while they were 
in there and they would peck at the 
snow crust until they broke it. I found 
one place where they had little tunnels 
where they had worked their way under 
the snow. I guess they were looking 
for a soft place to get through, as most 
of the tunnels connected within from 
two to four feet. I know that they will 
peck their way out if the crust isn’t too 
hard, for I have caught them at it. 
Once while hunting rabbits I stopped 
to look around, and soon I heard a tap- 
ping sound near by and I looked and 
leaned my ears over that way to find 
what for and why. Pretty soon I saw 
the snow raise up, a little mound, and 
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