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Identifier: americangamebird00murp (find matches)
Title: American game bird shooting
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Murphy, John Mortimer
Subjects: Game and game-birds Hunting
Publisher: New York, Orange Judd
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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mires him he greets her with clucks of wel-come, and, after giving her some more music, descendsfrom his throne, salutes her, and both live hapi:)ily untilthe nesting season is over, unless some rival should ar-rive on the scene and kick him away before he has beenaccepted for better or worse. When the birds have paired, the hen builds a nest onthe ground with twigs and grass, and lays ten or twelveeggs of a creamy-brown color in it. If these are hatchedout she is content, but if they are destroyed she seeksthe male and lays another set. This is why so manyAveak young birds are to be seen in October, when theearly broods are as well able to take care of themselves astheir parents. The habits of the hen when running withher chicks are most interesting to study. She is cease-less in her activity, sagacious in finding food, bold andready of stratagem in danger, and daring in her effortsto protect her little brood from all harm. When herfears are aroused, she clucks a prompt note of alarm
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THE RUFFED GROUSE. 161 which her family thoroughly understands, and on hearingit they scatter and rush for shelter among the grass andshrubbery, while she exposes herself to the foe, and by acapital piece of strategy leads it away from the covert. If a man is the object of her suspicion she pretends tobe crippled, flutters helplessly amidst the weeds, andutters lamentable cries, as if she were suffering thegreatest pain; but if he makes an effort to seize her sheeludes him in the promptest manner, and when shethinks she has drawn him far enough away, she risessuddenly, and with a loud whirr and a chuckling cry,which might be translated as sold agaiu, she dartsaway and seeks refuge in the forest depths until she canrejoin her scattered brood in safety. The novice is likelyto gaze after her rapidly retreating form in amazementand to wonder at her duplicity; and if he does not repeather parting salute aloud, he is very liable to think it, andto consider that she was perfectly right in he

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